Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spin the bottle


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The result was speedy keep. The nomination was closed by Cyclopia. - Mgm|(talk) 13:12, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Spin the bottle

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Doesn't appear to meet WP:N. I realize this topic is probably as notable as those plastic stacking chairs, unfortunately, there does not really appear to be anything to support this. A gnews search doesn't help anything, in that most, if not all the results are passing mentions. Nothing discussing the topic explicitly. The other results are ads for 'spin the bottle' like games. —  Dæ dαlus Contribs 07:28, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. The one source cited in the article appears to establish notability (obviously we can't read the source online). There are quite a few Ghits that have independent sources referring to the game, generally by comparing things to it (do a GNews search). This suggests the obvious - that this game is very well known and notable. --Mkativerata (talk) 07:45, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Hundreds of Google Books references indicate this as being a notable game. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 07:52, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * No amount of passing mentions will make it pass WP:N Polarpanda (talk) 09:08, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * You don't know for sure all the hits are passing mentions. - Mgm|(talk) 11:27, 9 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. A passing mention in a place like Newsweek shows that this is well enough established to be taken as obvious in a reliable source.  --Glenfarclas (talk) 09:15, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Strongest Possible Keep: Is this a joke? This is one of the most famous of party games, with tens of thousands of references going back a century - the earliest reference I found was in the Chicago Tribune in 1914.  Does anyone seriously think this article can't have about twenty reliable sources per sentence if we wanted to add them badly enough?   RGTraynor  10:17, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep per RGTraynor, Glenfarclas, Mkativerata. Seriously, guys, someone trout the nom, please. -- Cycl o pia talk  10:42, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. At the moment, the article is lacking in sources, but if someone spends enough time on this, it can easily be expanded. The hits mentioned before are not all just passing mentions. This is an established part of culture in the US and several other countries. Also the subject of the 1994 short film Action vérité. Nominator made poor judgement by only searching GNews as that is not the likeliest of places to find information about a game primarily played by teens. - Mgm|(talk) 11:27, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Where would you recommend searching, then? Secondly, Withdrawn.—  Dæ  dαlus Contribs 11:48, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.