Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beezin'

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) ASTIG️🙃 _{(ICE-T • ICE CUBE)} 10:15, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Beezin'

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Bizarre trend, but not sure if it meets the notability critera. QueenofBithynia (talk) 07:26, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:27, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as meeting WP:GNG. Yes, this is a ghastly topic, but it is notable per Wikipedia's standards, having received significant coverage in multiple independent, reliable sources. See source examples below. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:31, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

Imamudin, Alyssa (May 2, 2014). "'Beezin' can cause pinkeye, doctor warns". Global News. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
Staples, Gracie Bonds (May 14, 2014). "Optometrist warns against Beezin'". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
Heins, Scott (April 25, 2014). "Why Are Kids Rubbing Burt's Bees On Their Eyelids? Let A Millennial Explain". Gothamist. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
"'Beezin': teens applying lip balm to eyelids to experience buzz". Optometry Times. April 25, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
Hamblin, James (April 25, 2014). "You Beezin'?". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
Wong, Julia (May 6, 2014). "N.S. teens say beezin is 'weird', doctors say it can be risky". Global News. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
Hays, Brooks (April 25, 2014). "Beezin trend, putting lip balm on eyelids for natural high, goes viral". UPI. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
Ray, Amaya (March 19, 2015). "Beezin': Popular lip balm being used by teens to get high". WRIC ABC 8News. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
Salahi, Lara (April 29, 2014). "Dangerous Teen Trend? Burt's Bees to Enhance Buzz". Boston.com. Retrieved July 6, 2022.

Keep, weird, but I think it meets GNG. Culture of the 2020s... Oaktree b (talk) 14:59, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. (Full disclosure: I wrote it.). The NPR piece alone puts it way up to GNG, and the other pieces put it over the top. Anyway its a decent enough small article that is (for some reason) getting over 1,000 views a month, and that was before a huge spike (God knows why) starting in January. For the record, I do not recommend this practice. Herostratus (talk) 19:05, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I believe the spike may be related to it featuring on the Depths of Wikipedia social media accounts (which is how I found the article in the first place).

Congrats on writing the article btw! Just for the record, I meant no ill will with this nomination -- QueenofBithynia (talk) 07:47, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, its just the business of curating an encyclopedia. Herostratus (talk) 13:43, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Burt's Bees. It is literally about an application of the product. BD2412 T 04:28, 7 July 2022 (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.