Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skip day


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was withdrawn by nom per below. (non-admin closure) --George Ho (talk) 02:04, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

Skip day

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There are some sources discussed on the talk page, but nothing that would allow to make an article without synthesis. Seems like a subject more suited for the Urban Dictionary. KarlPopper y (talk) 02:58, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn by nominator Some editors have manifested the desire to try to improve this article, I don't don't want to get in the way. Let's see what they can do! KarlPopper y (talk) 19:41, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. North America1000 03:00, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. North America1000 03:00, 11 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete - WP:NOTDICTIONARY. John from Idegon (talk) 14:28, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep - I had forgotten I wrote this article twelve years ago - talk about the way back machine. Anyway, I think this needs to be kept after doing a bit of research.  There is apparently a ton of stuff written about this tradition in newspapers, college articles, and even some books.  21 million hits on Google  some of them from pretty high up and reputable sources. -O.R.Comms 14:31, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * What I don't find is any article about, let's say, the history of skip day, or the phenomenon of skip day as a whole across all schools. All the sources describe skip day differently. Is it an American thing, or a Canadian and American thing? Did it really start with a movie? Is it associated with a particular date? How common is this tradition? You can basically make up what you want, because the sources show you different examples but there's no prior wp:synthesis. For that reason, all version of this article in it's twelve years of existence have been terrible (even if arguably kind of funny). If it survives the AfD and you turn it into a decent article, I'll be impressed. KarlPopper y (talk) 15:20, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - WP:NOTDICTIONARY. John from Idegon (talk) 14:28, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep - I had forgotten I wrote this article twelve years ago - talk about the way back machine. Anyway, I think this needs to be kept after doing a bit of research.  There is apparently a ton of stuff written about this tradition in newspapers, college articles, and even some books.  21 million hits on Google  some of them from pretty high up and reputable sources. -O.R.Comms 14:31, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * What I don't find is any article about, let's say, the history of skip day, or the phenomenon of skip day as a whole across all schools. All the sources describe skip day differently. Is it an American thing, or a Canadian and American thing? Did it really start with a movie? Is it associated with a particular date? How common is this tradition? You can basically make up what you want, because the sources show you different examples but there's no prior wp:synthesis. For that reason, all version of this article in it's twelve years of existence have been terrible (even if arguably kind of funny). If it survives the AfD and you turn it into a decent article, I'll be impressed. KarlPopper y (talk) 15:20, 11 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep here's one source from Caltech . It's conceptual/folkloric in nature, beyond "near the end of the school year" I don't think there is a well-defined day of the year when it happens. Power~enwiki (talk) 18:29, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Well... This is again a source about "skid day at one particular school". It's not about skip day in general. We can collect all these examples and infer general principles, but that's agains't the policies of Wikipedia. KarlPopper y (talk) 18:59, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment: Here is an actual article about it from the Huffington Post which I found just doing a cursory search . There appear to be several others out there from both major newspapers and magazines, as well as being mentioned in a few books.  Yes, this article does badly need work, but that's not reason to delete.  But I think a good "unsourced" or "needs references" tag would help as well as listing on a noticeboard.  I also recommend just letting the vote unfold naturally.  No need to counter every Keep vote with a delete rationale.  It will all balance out in the end. -O.R.Comms 19:21, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Alright. I just wanted to make my point clear, but if there's truly interest toward the article, I'm happy to give it a shot. I'll withdraw my nomination. KarlPopper y (talk) 19:41, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I've done what I think is enough editing to make the article keepable; more work could be done. Power~enwiki (talk) 19:55, 11 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep Its equivalent in being encyclopedic with truancy, except students took initiative. 92.6.188.30 (talk) 12:27, 12 May 2017 (UTC)


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