Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeremiah Weed

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The result was no consensus. -- Cirt (talk) 00:09, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jeremiah Weed

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Looks like a real product [1], but the info in the article is possibly a hoax or false advertising per ticket:2010100610003448. The only ref doesn't seem reliable.

Product doesn't look encyclopedically notable. -- Jeandré, 2010-10-16t16:28z 16:28, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete. There is some coverage--that is, there are mentions of the product in articles found through Google News. But I have yet to come across anything significant in a reliable source (there's stuff on blogs about this Air Force stuff, and the 'mentions', by the way, also note that connection). The book is from a reprint press and its contents are not accessible; given the rest of the article in tone and content, and given that it's not a notable press publishing the book, I have little reason to assume on good faith that there is significant discussion that is of value in that book. Drmies (talk) 16:42, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The book source is available as a PDF here. Phil Bridger (talk) 08:46, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I hunted around and couldn't find anything of real significance either. Risker (talk) 06:42, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Moderate keep with the caveat that the article probably does need work and I can't corroborate all that fighter pilot talk. A Google search brings up thousands of pages of results however, and at least where I live, the sweet tea vodka has become pretty popular, so I feel like there should be some reliable sources somewhere. Bds69 (talk) 19:50, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:39, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, weakly. The article is misleading; Jeremiah Weed is a brand of blended bourbon whisky, that also makes the Jeremiah Weed liqueur and the sweet tea liqueur. The liqueur appears to be what got into USAF traditions, and those traditions are verifiable in what looks like reliable sources.[2][3] That gives this product at least some sourceable cultural significance. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 14:53, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep Per Smerdis, there are indeed sources for cultural significance as to the USAF tradition. I added Phil's book url to the article's reference for the USAF story. The article does need a bit of work, 'tis true. Geoff ^{Who, me?} 19:59, 19 October 2010 (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.