Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ace (volleyball)


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 04:52, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Ace (volleyball)

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I PRODded this yesterday and the creator dePRODded and left me a note about the legitiacy of the game. As I explained to him there, it does not appear the game meets notability guidelines. A search is a bit of a challenge because there appears to be a play in voleyball called an "ace", but I find no evidence of reliable sourcing for this game and have brought it here for discussion as I'll be offline. StarM 02:25, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.  -- StarM 02:25, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  -- StarM 02:26, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Creating an article about drinking game and including no references is a party foul. Gigs (talk) 02:35, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, sounds like something made up at a wet school. Nyttend (talk) 03:45, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - more appropriate for Everything2 than for Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anybody can edit. Badger Drink (talk) 06:24, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP:MADEUP. Niteshift36 (talk) 14:41, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Volleyball. It is a term used in this sport in the exact same way used in tennis. MuZemike 16:18, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Hey everyone. Page creator here. The game is separate from the definition of an "ace serve", which is what MuZeMike is referring to. As StarM noted, due to the term doubling as a volleyball stat, it is hard to collect internet evidence. I just finished speaking with several players in the AVP Manhattan event going on today, and the director of South Bay and Santa Monica CBVA events (both prominent beach volleyball tours) in order to document the legitimacy of this variation of volleyball. Hopefully, several US national team players will be blogging about their history with the game of Ace, and alos the editor of Volleyball magazine has promised to document Ace in an upcoming issue.

Online reference links we've found so far by googling: http://www.club840.com/events.php?action=search_by_tag&tagKey=ACE Reference to college athletes playing in their spare time: http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=9508 Reference to AVP pros playing: http://www.clubmedinsider.com/stories/view/165:volleyball-vacations/

If the article needs to be deleted for the time being due to lack of internet documentation, that's fine, we will wait until offline pubs are gathered and we'll repost at that point.

Thanks everyone! I hope you all get the chance to visit southern california at some point - if so, try to make it to your nearest beach to watch the game being played! Brianrodine (talk) 19:43, 16 July 2009 (UTC)brianrodine
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