Talk:backwards long jump

RFV discussion: July–November 2016
English by User:Philmonte101. Does it meet WT:ATTEST? --Dan Polansky (talk) 11:00, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll let you guys figure this one out. Sorry, but all I've got to say is that it's mentioned in newspapers. I feel that I'd just be a conflict of interest to it all. This is one of those rare topics where it is true, since I'm in the speedrunning community and not many people here on Wiktionary also are. The fact is, there was a Wikipedia discussion about its article's deletion, and it was suggested that this be moved to Wiktionary because it is mentioned throughout several gaming journals, etc. I'd really be interested to find out the outcome of this discussion. *gets out chips and popcorn* Philmonte101 (talk) 11:45, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Newspapers are considered durably archived, at least in their print form, so it would be sufficient for you to add three quotes from newspapers that have used the term. We don't usually worry about a "conflict of interest" here at Wiktionary, because we aren't concerned with notability, merely with attestation. We do, however, also care about idiomaticity, so the other question is whether the meaning of backwards long jump can be deduced from backwards + long jump. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 11:55, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Small comment: long jump is not attestable in the sense of long + jump, but the entry just refers to the sport. As we do this, that's just a note for us to not get us confused. Moving along now... Philmonte101 (talk) 12:11, 31 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Sure it's attestable: just search for "very long jump". But we don't include it because it's SOP in that sense. Equinox ◑ 19:47, 15 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Since this only relates to one specific video game, and not games in general, I don't think it belongs. Equinox ◑ 14:41, 31 July 2016 (UTC)


 * RFV failed. —Granger (talk · contribs) 16:42, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Ignore the cringe posts by younger me above, and...
Assuming the Wired citation is valid per CFI (which I'm not sure), we're only one citation away from this becoming attested, and if not then two. The reason I think it should be kept if ever attested is that I think this is tantamount to fandom slang—we keep other terms that are invented by fans about a specific movie or game. The existence of this term in speedrunning communities and the like would indicate a general consensus on the term, and not just something that Nintendo advertised to the public solely through one piece of media. Nintendo never mentioned a "backwards long jump" in the manuals or the game, because they obviously didn't want the glitch to be known. It's a rather prolific glitch that is well-known in the speedrunning realm nowadays, and glitches in other games have even been compared to it. I think well-known glitch names like this have a place in the dictionary, even if for specific games. PseudoSkull (talk) 04:38, 6 December 2021 (UTC)