Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trout tickling


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The result was Speedy kept per WP:SNOWBALL. Computerjoe 's talk 21:17, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Trout tickling

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Is this really notable? There's only one reference, reads like trivial information. Perhaps merge, because it's an obvious permastub. h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 10:26, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Tickling trout is an ancient and famous British tradition, mentioned in a lot of fiction as well, even by some obscure old pre internet dude called Shakespeare. I wonder if the nominator bothered to do any research on this at all before nominating it.  It's an obvious keep. It took me ten minutes to greatly expand this "obvious permastub" as there are any number of references on the net. Nick mallory 10:44, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep although I suspect this and the Noodling article might be able to be combined into a general article on barehanded fishing. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  11:22, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I disagree. Noodling would be a term unknown in Britain.  Noodling refers to catching catfish in this way, tickling trout obviously to trout.  You could always redirect 'baseball' to 'rounders' I suppose or redirect them both to 'generically hitting a ball with a stick and running around four bases'.  I mean it's the same thing really isn't it?  Nobody, in either country, would say 'I once went barehanded fishing', "tickling trout" is a much more common search term. Nick mallory 11:31, 1 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep for reasons above. Xxanthippe 11:39, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Found many sources on Google. Apparently illegal in some jurisdictions! The things you find... Pursey 11:58, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep not for I'VE HEARD OF IT (but I have) - plenty of Google resource et. al. on this one... plus it's mentioned in Danny Champion of the World by Roald Dahl, my favourite kids book, so it must be okay Pedro |  Chat  14:03, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, absolutely. Four good references cited, but could do with a bit of a cleanup. Also, I know it counts for nothing, but I'm a British villager and I can assure you this is well known and practiced. Hell, I've even tried it. J Milburn 14:22, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
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