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This article was nominated for deletion on 22 October 2009 (UTC). The result of the discussion was keep.

A fact from Saltine cracker challenge appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 November 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Peyton Manning has the unusual ability to eat six saltines in one minute?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/November.

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Nabisco ad campaign?[edit]

A 2005 revision of a redirected article, Saltine Challenge&oldid=15211531, claimed, "The origins of the Challenge are found in a Saltines advertising campaign launched in the 70s". This explanation has spread around the web, but I can't find any evidence for it, and I suspect that it's simply a hoax by HolySkinnyAgent (talk · contribs), who never made another edit. For Nabisco to inform its customers that its product is inedible unaccompanied would be... an unconventional strategy. Melchoir (talk) 10:08, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Additional free image sources[edit]

These could come in handy. Melchoir (talk) 09:10, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/evocateur/sets/72157622169005086/detail/ cc-by-sa 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brentdpayne/sets/72157615347432013/detail/ cc-by-sa 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoonabar/2866929069/ cc-by 2.0

Removing Geekscape references[edit]

I'm reverting the addition of references to the Geekscape podcast. They smell of self-promotion. The podcast itself doesn't seem to be notable. Melchoir (talk) 19:13, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Worthy of An Entry[edit]

Is this really worthy of an entry? 216.195.89.58 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:18, 2 May 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Yes. This has been discussed before; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saltine cracker challenge, which is linked to at the top of this talk page. Melchoir (talk) 15:43, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Challenge Inconsistency?[edit]

the first paragraph states "32 seconds in which to eat three saltine soda crackers", but the following paragraph states "...six saltines.... and a minute..."

which is the official challenge? and if there are multiple variants,they should be listed clearly