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Revision as of 19:40, 21 April 2008

This article was nominated for deletion on April 17, 2008. The result of the discussion was keep.

A fact from Chalkboard scraping appeared on Misplaced Pages's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 April 2008 (check views). A record of the entry may be seen at Misplaced Pages:Recent additions/2008/April.

Good article

This is a good example of what Misplaced Pages is for. The author has taken something ordinary and well-known, found verifiable facts to report about it, and presented them in a very digestable form. Kudos. Now all references to "fingernails scraping chalkboard" in other articles have something to link to! - House of Scandal (talk) 19:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Seconded. First encyclopedia in history to have an article on this very notable sound. · AndonicO 01:28, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 02:57, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh dear.. never give congrats to an article on the talk page without some suggestions for improvement - it's a giant red target for smartie pants to show off: "This article is good? Hah!" and they then proceed to add complaining banner tags etc.. it's like an open challenge to show why it's not as good as you think it is. It's already started (see below). Fothergill Volkensniff IV (talk) 15:01, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Bad Article

I don't know if HouseOfScandal meant to be ironic, but i actually think that this article is not suitable for wikipedia. I suggest to delete it since it doesn't present any matter of fact, nor any information thta can be considered useful by anyone. The fact that the linked research won the Ig Nobel prize means something to me. Diego, 16:12, 16 April 2008

The word is "sarcastic", not "ironic". And I find this article to be very informative. 206.252.74.48 (talk) 14:48, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

The Ignoble Prize is a notable event and lends verifiability to this issue. Newer editors might initially not understand what is and isn't suitable for Misplaced Pages -- although, of course, this is a neverending discussion. It's a good article. - House of Scandal (talk) 17:04, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Two things it needs

• An .ogg file of the sound.

• You could probably mention that famous scene in Jaws where Robert Shaw silences an entire noisy room by scraping his fingernails across a blackboard, as a fictional example illustrating the effect it has on people (There will not, howver, be a "Sound of fingernails scraping chalkboard in popular culture" section). Daniel Case (talk) 17:18, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

There will not be "Sound of fingernails scraping chalkboard in popular culture" section?

• Famous last words, Daniel! - House of Scandal (talk) 19:07, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Changed "worst" to "most unpleasant"

I feel this is more accurate. Mylakovich (talk) 14:53, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

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