Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frisbyterianism

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 ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 13:33, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Frisbyterianism, neé Frisbeetarianism

No, Wikipedia is really not for things made up in school one day. Grabbing some terms together and putting them on a website does not constitute a valid parody religion. While imitation surely is the highest form of flattery, Pastafarianism this is not. >Radiant< 00:13, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

• Comment: you're right, Pastafarianism this is not, this has a much longer history! I recall reading in an issue of Smash Hits back in the 80's that Bono from U2 described himself as a Frisbeetarian. But without more reliable sources I can't really vote "keep" on this one at this time. --Stormie 00:33, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
  • It certainly pre-dates Pastafarianism. The "my soul goes up on a roof" joke is used in a book published in 2003. But it certainly does seem that no-one has seen fit to actually document this properly anywhere. I cannot find anything. Uncle G 03:30, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete for lack of sources; I'm finding nothing but George Carlin quote pages. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 00:37, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete: Even after a google news search, I say delete, per TenPoundHammer. - Rjd0060 00:43, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete According to Google, it seems like the worldwide knowledge of "Frisbeetarianism" is limited to a single George Carlin quote. --NickPenguin_(contribs) 02:35, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

• Merge and redirect to Parody religion --NickPenguin_(contribs) 17:18, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, per Ten Pound Hammer. --Snigbrook ^(talk) 03:18, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Merge and redirect to Parody religion. --Snigbrook ^(talk) 03:06, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per nom -- ¿Amar៛^{Talk to me/My edits} 06:07, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per DeleteFrisbeetarianism. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 08:47, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Keep You're all going to the hell of those who cannot catch it. Here is an impeccable reference on the BBC. Colonel Warden 08:51, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
  • No, the BBC is going to hell for not reporting his resurrection --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 08:59, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
• Query I want to rename this article Frisbyterianism as this seems to be the orthodox spelling. How is this best done during this time of trial and tribulation? Colonel Warden 09:20, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

*Weak keep It is fairly old and noted.[1] Although I could see it being merged into an article about "religious humor."--T. Anthony 15:01, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

• • Merge to Parody religion. It includes made up religions found in books, even if they have no "adherents", so I think this one could fit.--T. Anthony (talk) 02:29, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
• If there is an article about humorous religions in general, perhaps merge and redirect there. Certainly there exists one, as a list for things like Discordianism, the Subgenius, and good ol' FSM. In short, T. Anthony has a good argument, but I'm not for keeping it. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 19:26, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

I've switched to merge.--T. Anthony (talk) 02:29, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

• Keep based on new evidence by Colonel Warden. --Kim Bruning (talk) 03:41, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete religioncruft. JuJube (talk) 08:57, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
  • I would love to know how you define that term, especially so as to consider it deletion criteria. — Bigwyrm _{watch me}^{wake me} 11:14, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Stupid hoax religions made up by bored people who fancy themselves as anti-establishment. I don't care if it was made up one day in 1956 or whatever, it's still junk. JuJube (talk) 16:44, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
      • In some cases long-lasting hoaxes or jokes are notable, see Spaghetti tree, Stone louse or Apopudobalia. That said this seems to fit merger to me.--T. Anthony (talk) 19:17, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. The nomination is based on an incorrect understanding of the history of Frisbyterianim (or Frisbeeterianism, or however you want to spell it). The article, while in need of better references, is not a hoax. Keep it and fix it. — Bigwyrm _{watch me}^{wake me} 11:14, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
  • The question remains, then, as to whether it's notable. A few blurbs by the maker of the frisbee and George Carlin don't really bring upon this notability. Thus my !vote to merge and redir. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 20:43, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, one joking, trivial passing mention in a BBC news article ([2]) that someone has based an article upon. Hardly persuasive evidence of this being anything other than rubbish. Neil ☎ 11:41, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Note that the BBC reference was added in the course of this discussion. The article came first and seems to be based upon a much-repeated joke. Obviously it is not a real religion but it seems to have made its mark. Colonel Warden (talk) 15:21, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

• Keep Per Colonel Warden. Rray (talk) 15:25, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Seems to be clearly cobbling together random trivial, unrelated quotes to present this as some sort of "movement." --krimpet⟲ 16:07, 5 December 2007 (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.