Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wink murder


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The result was   speedy keep. SNOW, notability has been established through sources, now someone please add them to the article. Since deletion is not an issue here, I am closing this. Tone 23:22, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Wink murder

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Fails WP:N, no references, probable original research. Wikipedia is not for things made up in a day. Tavix (talk) 03:30, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. I can't vouch for its lack of sources, but this is not original research and it wasn't made up in a day. I have played this game before; my father played it as a child, and his father taught it to him. It'll be hard to find reliable sources, but I believe this is a notable game. Noir (talk) 06:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * After a brief Google search, I've come up with a couple of references that might be of use. The game is reportedly played by the Cub Scouts. This blog post talks about a Filipino rendition of the game, and this South Philly Review article also mentions it. Not stellar sources, but that should at least be evidence that the game is not a hoax or made up by the article's author. Noir (talk) 06:23, 11 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Definitely notable per the references I found via a search for sources. In a Google Books search, there are plenty of third-party, reliable sources that can be used to source the article. The Practice of Psychosocial Occupational Therapy written by Linda Finlay says that wink murder is a good treatment for people with poor eye contact. Circles, PSHE and Citizenship by Marilyn Tew, Mary Read, and Hilary Potter (one paragraph long) and 101 Family Vacation Games by Shando Varda and Valerie James (half a page long), Setting Up and Running a Peer Listening Scheme by Kathy Salter and Kathy Salter Hampson (a pargraph long), Making a Leap by Sara Clifford, Anna Herrmann, and Alec Davison (one-and-a-half pages long) Emotional Literacy at the Heart of the School Ethos by Steve Killick (half a page long) give descriptions of how to play the game. These sources and the many sources on Google Books and Google News that are I have not listed here show that this game is very notable is definitely not madeup. The article needs cleanup and expansion, not deletion. Cunard (talk) 06:39, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * WP:SNOW keep. This is a clearly notable game, and I'm surprised to have found an editor who has apparently never heard of it. JulesH (talk) 10:35, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per the references found. If Cunard hadn't found them, I'd given it a try. I'm not really surprised there are people who don't know it. I've come across several such people when I was a kid and just learned the game. I'm unsure if I learned it at cub scouts or in school, but the result is the same this game is even played internationally. - Mgm|(talk) 15:12, 11 January 2009 (UTC)


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