Talk:Boot of beer

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I went out and took photo's for this page and published them incorrectly. After observing that they were removed I went back and republished the images correctly. I am not understanding why they keep being removed now they they have the appropriate tags and image descriptions.

Someone?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Colinandamy (talk • contribs)

Are the pictures of friends or associates of yours? That would fall under Wikipedia:Vanity guidelines. In any case, those pictures are more suitable for a blog than for an encyclopedia. -- Donald Albury 11:23, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I went out and found a bar that served boots and took the photo's for the specific purpose of illustrating what the act of drinking out of a boot of beer looks like. I did this for the purpose of publishing them on this page and not for my own vanity. My name does not appear anywhere and I am not promoting anything in the photos themselves. I have the photos up on the common image server and have them taged correctly. Additionally the boot does no hold 52 ounces. Thats incorrect. I'm more than positive of that. These images should be fine for use by all the standards set fourth by Wikipedia. I believe that they are being removed for inappropriate reasons.

The person on the picture is holding the glass incorrectly, so it's not a proper illustration. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.226.245.153 (talk) 06:42, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unsourced material

I have removed virtually all of the unsourced material in this article. Sources for the material have been requested for months. I have tried to find any reliable source for any of the claims made in this article, but have not found any. Please do not re-insert any of the material without providing a reliable published source for it. -- Donald Albury 00:04, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sources for at the minimal dating this tradition to Germany from somewhere in the early 1900's are beyond plentifully. I've added two, but irregardless of that the fact remains that glass boot drinking most certainly predated Beerfest to a level of notoriety more than equal to justifying this pages existence... indeed Redirecting to that movie is ridiculous and almost blatantly advertising for it. Relevant info about the boot does exist and should be available as opposed to ignoring the subject entirely leaving the reader an exclusive option of only buying a movie? Unethical would be an understatement. Additionally refusing an image when the rights have been fully released to the public at large where there is no alternative image immediately available is a dis-service to our readers... shall we ask them to BUY a boot to know what it looks like just to serve the purpose on anti-self-agrandizement? absurd. A better image without a subject (or with an obscured subject) may be preferable, but the total absence of an image when one is available that clearly falls under fair and open use with fuls rights released by the direct parties themselves is a complete and utter disservice to the reader and knowledge in general. User talk:LionVision 20:49, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How to drink a boot of beer

There is a certain way of drinking a boot of beer that I think should be mentioned: Due to the unusual shape of the beer boot, one should rotate the glass while drinking. This "trick" is also mentioned in the "Beerfest" movie. In the movie they do like this is some kind of genius trick that the leading actors discover and that helps them winning, but it's actually simply the common way to drink a boot of beer. People who do not know this run the risk of spilling the beer all over themselves while drinking - which is why it's usually fun to give someone a boot of beer who has never drunk one before. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.116.146.159 (talk) 20:24, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mostly made up

This article is utterly nonsense. Apart from the fact that there are in fact Bierstiefel (beer boots), the rest ist american folklore. 69 minutes to drink? bullshit. über-boot? certainly bullshit. Shot-sized boots? only in america. WW1 story? bullshit. Beer boots are related to early 19th centrury student associations in Germany. Go do some proper research. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.162.119.113 (talk) 07:28, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]