Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mickey Slim

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 of the debate was keep. W.marsh 01:28, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mickey Slim

Delete Unverified drink. Seems made up. Perhaps not notable. Thanks for providing refs. Still a little dubious. Can you get another reference? ॐ Metta Bubble ^puff 13:04, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, that one reference (plus derivatives from it) is all I can find. Sliggy 18:25, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

~~Weak Delete~~. Non-verifiable. I just don't know if it is a hoax or not. Shame if it is as pesticide and Gin sounds like such a good drink. Hope some one can provide a reliable source for it.--Blue520 13:40, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, due to the additon of reference.--Blue520 08:29, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Non-verifiable and probably a hoax. (Come on! DDT in a drink?) Bucketsofg 14:47, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. The cocktail is mentioned in a book on absinthe, and I've added a reference to the book (and an online article from The Guardian where the book is reviewed and the cocktail mentioned). Clearly this is not an unimpeachable source, but it could be a start. Sliggy 14:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment, I reworded the article to emphasise that the drink was reported to have had popularity in the 1950s in the particular reference. This is to try to ensure adequate verifiability — not that the drink definitely existed, but that a report of its existence definitely does. Sliggy 18:21, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - I'm not sure that's necessary, and it strikes me as POV for the article to doubt its own sources! The Alexander the Great article doesn't say "'Alexander the Great was reported to have been born in Pella, Macedon, in July, 356 BC, and reported to have died in Babylon, on June 10, 323 BC. He is reported to have conquered most of the world known to the ancient Greeks before his death." Simply cite the source, and leave it up to the reader to decide if it's dubious or not. -- MisterHand 19:01, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    - Yes, but all I turn up is this one source, and sources derivative from it. In other words, I can't provide verifiable evidence of a Mickey Slim, only that this one book has mentioned it. If you know of better sources please do add them in and take out my rewording! Sliggy 19:52, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep as we now have some kind of reference for it. A drink containing DDT certainly is unusual... -- Mithent 15:00, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep verifiable thanks to new reference. -- MisterHand 15:02, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, references have been added --TBC^{??? ??? ???} 20:46, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep now that references have been provided. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:03, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment we're putting a lot of faith into one reference. This doesn't seem right to me. ॐ Metta Bubble ^puff 23:18, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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.