Talk:Greasy pole

This article was nominated for deletion on 9 June 2018. The result of the discussion was keep.

Unreferenced

Please add references to this article as soon as practicable. And at least learn who famously said he had climbed to the top of the greasy pole.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:16, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- It was, I believe, Benjamin Disraeli. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.61.220.3 (talk) 09:50, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Disappointingly, this article omits the most important aspect of the subject, which is characterized in the quotation Wehwalt alludes to above. That is, a "greasy pole" is a metaphor for any situation where one must work hard just to stay in place, even harder to advance, & if one pauses for even a moment then she/he will slip behind. ("Striving for a place in the top 100 of number of edits to Wikipedia is like climbing a greasy pole.") -- llywrch (talk) 18:07, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Some things should be in the main article for them

Greasy_pole#Gloucester,_Massachusetts has a massive amount of information about the event, which should be at St. Peter's Fiesta. Odd the article about the event is currently shorter than the section about it here. I was thinking a brief mention of it here, and then the rest of that put over there. Does everyone agree? Dream Focus 00:19, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]