Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bum darts

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 delete — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 08:52, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bum darts

Bum darts (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Unencyclopaedic, non-notable, unlikely to ever become anything more than a dicdef. Exploding Boy 02:22, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, no sources cited and no notability asserted. Seraphimblade 02:41, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Per above --Wolf530 (talk) 02:45, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. For what it's worth, I've seen comedians perform it on stage on live television. Sadly, I don't have any references for this. --Wafulz 06:02, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - seems to have been made up one day. MER-C 06:03, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, non-notable party game, little potential for expansion, lacks sources. JIP | Talk 09:42, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete As of now, does not seem notable, but rather a practical joke awaiting practitioners. CP/M ^comm |Wikipedia Neutrality Project| 10:12, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above Hut 8.5 12:42, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above TheRanger 13:55, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 19:15, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I think there was an episode of Family Guy which showed the US Supreme Court playing a game like this. Seano1 22:59, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Cute, but not notable. Zap it. Xdenizen 01:40, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. No more and no less notable than a whole lot of party games in Category:Party games or most video/computer games for that matter. I won't say anything about pokemon characters. This game has been in existence for quite a while; I was introduced to it in 1991 or 1992, where it was called asshole darts. I have a special affection for this article, as I used it as the example of how complete Wikipedia is to a friend. If Wikepedia is to continue being a compendium of current popular culture, the article should stay. While there are no sholarly article on it that I know of, there is a large number of references and descriptions to it on the web. "Bum darts" gets 3,250 google hits, "Butt darts" gets 689, and "asshole darts" gets 34, mostly about the game. The article originally referenced a Dave Barry blog but this was removed under the dubious assertion (in this case) that blogs are not an appropriate reference. See this diff [[1]]. See also [2], [3]. Bum Darts was also the topic of a column in the Regina Leader-Post in 2000. Luigizanasi 16:03, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. A blog by a nationally syndicated columnist is, I believe, an appropriate reference. I've added it back in, bum darts is a well known game, it's seen in popular culture (even an episode of Family Guy where the Supreme Court plays bum-darts as an initiation). Themindset 18:13, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Generally useful, adds to the common store of knowledge. Sure, it could be beefed up a little, but great oaks from little acorns grow. And if it's good enough for the US Supreme Court, it's good enough for me.--Legalbeagle001 22:13, 7 November 2006 (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.