Talk:Exploding cigar

(almost a year later)

Hi María. It's been quite some time, but if your remember, you did the GA review of the above article. You'll recall that you questioned comprehensiveness based on a lack of a history section and other matters, and I advised that I had searched and could not find the material. I later withdrew the nomination, pending a second look for material. I have made many improvements since then but I'm afraid I have found nothing further on the framed issues. Specifically, tonight I finished going through every single Google book and news source found for "exploding cigar", "exploding cigars" and "prank cigars" and have looked at web sources as well without luck. Furthermore, I have found ancestry.com's database incredibly useful in researching certain topics, as the site provides access to a vast newspaper archive, scanned and searchable, and I found bupkis there as well. Further, I have had no any luck checking Chronicling America and a few other digital library projects I consulted. In short, I have exhausted all resources at my disposal. You stated you wanted assurance that everything that could be covered has been covered, and I am here for that purpose. You had also suggested stating something in the article to the effect that the origins were unknown, but to my mind that is squarely original research in the absence of a reliable source so stating. So, that leaves us... somewhere, but I'm not sure exactly where. So I guess I'm asking if you want to take a look again, or if you want to pass if off to someone else, in which case I'll resubmit at GAC, or whether you think it cannot pass without the requested information, in which case I'll accept that as well. I will duplicate this note at the GA talk page. Thanks in advance.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:49, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Fuhghettaboutit, thank you for your message. I'm very impressed with the fact that you exhausted every imaginable source, and I appreciate you taking my concerns so seriously. Because it has been so long since the original review, I think it would be best if the article were resubmitted to GAC. I would review it again myself, but I'm afraid I don't have the time for an in depth look, which every article deserves. I'm sure the next reviewer will be satisfied with the comprehensiveness of the subject matter, but good luck nonetheless! María (habla conmigo) 14:28, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Jimmy Dykes

Not sure where to fit this in so place it here for the moment. [[Jimmy Dykes]], <personals> was incredibly fond of exploding cigars, passing them out like candy. "James J. has passed out a million of them but always laughs best when he recalls how he blasted himself with one that was meant for a Chicago sportswriter—in full view of the intended victim. "Got my hand crossed" Dykes explained."<ref name="Baillie">{{cite news|title=Sportrait For Today|last=Baillie|first=Scott|date=March 29, 1954|publisher=Coshocton Tribune (Coshocton, Ohio)}} Accessed through Ancestry.com database, June 7, 2009</ref> Fuhghettaboutit