Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sock burning

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The result of the debate was burn and delete. Mailer Diablo 03:05, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sock burning

Sounds like a hoax. Author claims it is popular, but "can't find Internet references for it". I remain skeptical. Choess 02:25, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete, author admits it's WP:HOAX/WP:V. Could also be WP:NFT. Royboycrashfan 02:28, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, WP:V --Alex 02:51, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment. Look up "socks" on any of the major Internet photo album websites and you'll turn up quite a lot of examples of this. It seems to be one of various drunken activities, though. I don't think it's that notable, but I'll refrain from voting. Danny Lilithborne 03:18, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment I don't know about the practice mentioned in the article, though oddly there are many hits online due to a sock burning equinox maritime tradition in Annapolis Maryland that has perhaps spread to other maritime groups.[1] Шизомби 03:56, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per above. Articles about the things you do when you get drunk (like burning your clothes) do not belong in Wikipedia. --TBC??? ??? ??? 04:35, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete There are many unusual activities inebriated persons engage in - sock-burning seems to be one of the minor ones. Fishhead64 05:32, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete It's not a hoax, and it's not limited to the inebriated - my friends and I used to take turns in middle school burning the lint off our socks. It does indeed produce an impressive but painless wave of flame. That said, this is never going to pass WP:V. --Hyperbole 06:47, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. --Arnzy (Talk) 07:50, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per above Computerjoe's talk 10:19, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete; article is not a hoax, I've seen this; doesn't meet WP:V, per Hyperbole verbatim. ~ PseudoSudo 11:05, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete unverifiable, unencyclopaedic. Just zis Guy you know? 11:57, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, uneverifiable, WP:HOAX, WP:NFT. --Terence Ong 12:59, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, not a hoax... hell, I did this years ago when I had a strong love for Jaegermeister. It's still not WP:V sourced in any way.--Isotope23 16:32, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. This is not a hoax at all and I, like Isotope23, used to do this to mess with people that had too much to drink or smoke, but yea, totally nn. youngamerican (talk) 19:34, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete unencyclopaedic Funky Monkey 00:46, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Unencyclopedic, stupid, utterly hopeless, etc.Freddie 22:26, 13 April 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.