Wiki143:Articles for deletion/The Circus Card Trick

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The result of the debate was keep. Johnleemk | Talk 04:50, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

The Circus Card Trick

Delete. Not-notable card trick with arbitrary title. We don't need an article for every slight/illusion in which a magician locates a spectator's card. The "key" or "locator" method (by which the trick is accomplished) is used in countless tricks. -- Krash 17:52, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

• Merge into new article, perhaps Key card (card trick) or some similar title?... and then redirect, because I agree with nom that we don't need an article for every Key card variant. One article that had lots of the presentations as sections might be a much better article. (Reading The Cards might be another candidate article to merge/redirect?) Key card is an important mechanic and deserves an article, along with forcing... That said I wonder if this should have been AfDed, if instead merging should have just been carried out? ++Lar: t/c 19:50, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
  • I agree with you to a point. "Key card" is listed at List of conjuring terms. I think it would be difficult to write an entire article about it. Perhaps a merge of the term into Card magic would be better. I don't agree with mentioning the specific trick anywhere (or even keeping the page) because the name of the trick is arbitrary; most magicians wouldn't know what "The Circus Card Trick" is since names of card tricks aren't really standardized. -- Krash 20:06, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
  • n.b....Reading The Cards (another nn card trick that – I feel – should be AfDed) is a variation on the "one-ahead" method, mentioned at billet reading and on the conjuring list. But that's another talk page. -- Krash 20:15, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep or rename. This is some good content. Cyde Weys _vote^talk 00:05, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as this is a reasonable article. I will also accept a merge into Card magic. Stifle 23:17, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

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