Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hot coil challenge

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The result was delete. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 21:29, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hot coil challenge[edit]

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A short spate of press coverage back in February only seems to feature a single person ever having attempted this, the cited Independent Journal Review source saying "It should be noted that while media outlets are calling this the new challenge, so far this is the only video that exists of this “challenge.” Lord Belbury (talk) 11:25, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: In that case, if possible, it might be worth briefly mentioning this 'challenge' and the media hysteria that followed it in articles more relevant to the greater discourse on harmful challenges that happened around the start of 2018.--BrayLockBoy (talk) 11:38, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not seeing any real media hysteria here, just several press outlets (some a few weeks after the others) reporting that one man had filmed himself foolishly burning his own arm, and expressing concern that this could become another "internet challenge". But five months on, it hasn't. --Lord Belbury (talk) 18:27, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails GNG. no evidence of lasting coverage. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 19:02, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no WP:CONTINUEDCOVERAGE. wumbolo ^^^ 12:04, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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