Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Extreme ironing

Extreme ironing was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was KEEP

I've never nominated something for deletion before, and perhaps I'll regret nominating this fine article. This article seems clearly a spoof and a joke. If I'm wrong please forgive me. LegCircus 01:31, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)

• Keep - it's very tongue-in-cheek (and perhaps classing it as a real extreme sport is a bit far), but it does exist. The Channel 4 documentary referenced really was broadcast, I saw it. Tom- 02:14, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Keep. Not a spoof. Scary, but not a spoof. Lyellin 02:22, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)

• Keep. A web search would have shown this is quite well-known. -- Netoholic @ 02:34, 2004 Oct 7 (UTC)

• Keep. A good idea to bring questionable things to the attention of the community, however. - RedWordSmith 03:31, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Keep; it's daft, ridiculous and stupid, but most importantly it is definitely real. I saw the documentary, and the sight of people climbing Mont Blanc with ironing boards strapped to their backs is probably enough on it's own to validate this... Stick a picture on it and it could find it's way to FAC. Kinitawowi 09:04, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)

• Keep; goofy, but well attested, and of some mild interest. (Better luck next time, Leg! There's no shortage of stuff to delete.) — Bill 11:30, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Keep. Ridiculous things real people do. — Gwalla | Talk 02:43, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Comment I find this very, very, very, hard to believe. I actually don't believe it, despite what you folks say, or the 75,000 google hits, but nonetheless I apologize for the VfD. Please forgive me.

• Keep; very classy article. An insight into the bizarre. Danny 13:05, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • Heh. So sayth the Wikiholics. ;) [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (hopefully!)]] 21:27, Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)
• Keep - an example of what VFD should not be used for. Mark Richards 17:25, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Keep - on the contrary, bringing potentially bogus articles to the wiki community's attention is what VfD should be used for. I agree with RedWordSmith on this one. jguk 23:43, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Keep - this was featured on mainstream news in New Zealand about a month ago. Apparently some New Zealanders own the world record for Extreme Ironing numbers while scuba diving Timgrin 19:42, 11 Oct 2004 (NZST)

• Keep - this is for real. - Ta bu shi da yu 13:00, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Keep. --Daniel C. Boyer 19:18, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Keep -- If this is a fake they have gone to great lengths. niklas_a 21:21, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Keep. Saw it on 60 minutes. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (hopefully!)]] 21:27, Oct 12, 2004 (UTC)

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