Talk:Mr. Bucket

This article was nominated for deletion on 16 August 2012 (UTC). The result of the discussion was keep.

This article was nominated for deletion on 15 March 2008. The result of the discussion was keep and cleanup.

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Controversal song[edit]

why was the section about the controversial song deleted? That was a major part of the toys history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.118.146.222 (talk) 20:05, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Probably because it was unreferenced original research. --Ouzo (talk) 14:27, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone can hear that song. Unless you're suggesting that the song and the commercial were fabricated, I don't really see how this is unreferenced (or at least unreferencable) or original research. Alhanalem (talk) 21:31, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Balls Pop Out of My Mouth"[edit]

I don't see any proof that this was a slogan, or that it was ever included in any packaging or marketing. Changed to "Put your balls in my top," which I wouldn't consider a slogan either. It is accurate to the original commercial and preserves the elements of unintended hilarity, though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.72.50.38 (talk) 05:53, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It DID say during the commercial: "It's Mr. Bucket, the first one to get their balls in his top wins! But look out, because the balls will pop out of his mouth.

I don't know why anything relating to James Rolfe's videos immediately gets stricken from this article. It seems reasonable to me to consider him/his work notable as far as Wikipedia guidelines on notability go. Alhanalem (talk) 21:28, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rolfe is also the main reason this article even gets any hits. 60.230.235.246 (talk) 14:07, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've just removed it. It can go in if there is some reliable secondary source that mentions this video. All a cite to the video demonstrates is that some guy has made a video, it does nothing to demonstrate the importance of the video to the subject of the article. Nor does it do anything to demonstrate "Mr Bucket"'s, the subject of the article, impact on popular culture. This is what "In popular culture" sections are supposed to do, not just list a bunch of trivia. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 21:01, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Just reverted addition of this content again, for the same reasons as above. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 16:13, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just to weigh in with a related example, Rolfe's "reviews" haven't been allowed in the video game related articles on Wikipedia for some time now per consensus at Wikiproject Video Games (and added to the article guidelines there). Attempts to add them are treated like spam. The reasoning was simple: Rolfe's "reviews" are for entertainment purposes only and as such do not meet Wikipedia's qualifications on reliability and editorial oversight to be used as a reference. Likewise for pop culture mentions, a person himself being notable (as an entertainer) doesn't make said instance notable. I.E. just because he did an episode where the subject matter appeared doesn't make that appearance notable in relation to the subject matter. It makes it trivial, and trivia is discouraged on Wikipedia. --Marty Goldberg (talk) 17:51, 23 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Better image[edit]

I think the image on this article could do with just the image of the Mr. Bucket toy without the box, shovels, or balls. It's non-free, so having less of the image in question would make it better. RteeeeKed (talk) 20:43, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]