Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Welching Day


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The result was   delete. Mgm|(talk) 11:11, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Welching Day

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Non-notable pseudo-holiday and probable WP:HOAX. I would invoke WP:N, WP:V, WP:OR, Wikipedia is not for things made up one day, and Avoid neologisms as reasons to delete. --Dynaflow  babble  06:19, 25 February 2009 (UTC) Do Not Delete (at least yet) More information and citations will be added soon. This has actually taken off where I am from and there is a serious movement towards legitimizing this as a local holiday. I have been trying to get the dates relevent to its history, including dates of newspaper articles and even a TV news report. There are Wikipedia pages referencing fictional legal defense strategies from South Park episodes so I feel that if I can provide these references it is equally valid (at least). A parallel could be drawn to Festivus from Seinfeld as well (on a much smaller scale of course). —Preceding unsigned comment added by D3L3373d (talk • contribs) 
 * Delete per nom. Yellowweasel (talk) 11:30, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. I doubt it's a hoax; I'm sure it's something the mentioned people really made up one day in school.  Powers T 15:07, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Usually it's best to find sources first, then write the article, to avoid exactly this sort of situation. If the article is deleted, you can have it moved to your userspace so you can work on it, then move it back when it's sufficiently sourced.  Powers T 01:52, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice, I really appreciate it. I will continue to source info, and learn the Wiki system. Its nice to get some constructive feedback. Thank you again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by D3L3373d (talk • contribs) 06:41, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 05:03, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Delete sounds made up (WP:HOAX), turns up nothing on Google less the very article in question, not sourced, no reliable sources, at this point it may as well be a neologism and original research, and by proponent's own claims it is local in scope (WP:Local)Troyster87 (talk) 05:35, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per Aunt Linda: Oh pleeeease. A hoax. Drmies (talk) 06:13, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: HOAX. No web mentions of this "holiday" under any of its supposed names, no such facebook group, no trace of the facebook quote anywhere.  The SPA page creator claimed five days ago that sources were forthcoming, but none have been produced.  Baileypalblue (talk) 06:29, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete "Welching Day (also known as Welcher's Day, and Better Thursday) came about as the direct result of the comic escapades of William Huxtable Jr, Brian D.C. Smith, and David B. Deschamps while in Lethbridge Alberta, Canada." A non-existent Facebook group is the major source cited. Capitalistroadster (talk) 09:55, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


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