Talk:Red Nose Day

Red Nose Day
A specific annual charity event. Mglovesfun (talk) 20:51, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep, unlike the entry above that compares these two, this entry is not obvious from its words.--Dmol 23:38, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Interesting distinction. It would seem to disqualify London Marathon, but allow Sport Relief (another UK charity event). Mglovesfun (talk) 13:12, 11 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete. These are the criteria that I would judge it on, personally, and I was only able to find one citation of metaphorical use:
 * 2008, Dandi Palmer, Green Fingers, Lulu.com (publisher), ISBN 190644210X, page 62
 * Gordon should have covered his pallet of strawberries with brown paper. They were standing out like Red Nose Day against the churned up ground.
 * DAVilla 06:13, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * It's not a metaphor. DCDuring TALK 00:17, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The simile in this case is against the strawberries. The metaphorical use is that of Red Nose Day for a physical, visible object. Anyways, this is the closest I could find, and no others. If the term were well known, then it would be seen more often in metaphor. DAVilla 17:00, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I again harp back to a comment made by : "it may not be obvous from Winston + Churchill that Winston Churchill was British Prime Minister, but this does not make Winston Churchill dictionary material" (paraphrased version). Mglovesfun (talk) 17:01, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Kept for no consensus.--Jusjih 07:50, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Red Nose Day
No consensus last time it was RFD'd, but I think the same arguments against it apply. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 09:04, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep For one thing, the name of the event is Comic Relief, and the day itself was originally called "National Day of Comedy" - "Red Nose Day" was (as far as I can tell) originally an unofficial name for it which has caught on (like Poppy Day, focusing on what's worn on the day rather than what the day celebrates). While I can see a case for excluding minor SOP days (World Book Day, etc), this falls well short of SOP status. Also, there are a few citations for the general sense "A day when people wear red noses for charity" unrelated to Comic Relief:


 * 1990, The New Beacon
 * Marathons and telethons, Red Nose days, sponsored long journeys taken under difficult circumstances, challenges to meet financial targets within a specific  deadline — it goes on and on.
 * 1992, Cable Vision
 * [...] all three circumstances helped convince United Video, along with several hundred systems that  cablecast UV&#39;s transmission of Chicago superstation WGN-TV, to conduct a "Red Nose Day" promotion this spring.
 * 1997, David Barnard, Programme for Development Research (South Africa), The Youth book: a directory of South African youth organisations, service providers and resource material
 * • Enables and empowers child welfare societies to organise Red Nose Days in their own communities
 * 2011, Stephen Juan, The Odd Body: Mysteries of Our Weird and Wonderful Bodies Explained, Andrews McMeel Publishing ISBN 9781449411398
 * National Red Nose Day is an annual event in Australia. Many of the famous and not- so-famous will pay for the privilege of wearing a plastic red nose in support  of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome research, counseling, and support services.
 * Smurrayinchester (talk) 09:48, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Kept. bd2412 T 17:35, 31 March 2015 (UTC)