Talk:Saltine cracker challenge
This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Saltine cracker challenge article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
Article policies
|
Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
Popular Culture Unassessed (inactive) | |||||||
|
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:
|
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)
Additional free image sources[edit]
These could come in handy. Melchoir (talk) 09:10, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
- 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)
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).
- 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)
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