Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Backyard cricket


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The result was keep (withdrawn by nominator). (non-admin close).  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 13:30, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Backyard cricket

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Seems to be mostly opinion. Bulk of the article is about tactics and rules, and relies heavily on one source,  which seems to written as a joke. See [| Rules of Backyard Cricket]. Shankar Sivarajan 07:38, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Cricket-related deletion discussions. North America1000 07:57, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. North America1000 07:57, 3 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep: A cursory search shows a large number of reputable sources mentioning backyard cricket (see here: ). The references located at Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series satisfy WP:GNG for beach cricket, which is just backyard cricket played on a beach. Between the casual mentions in a huge number of sources and the notability of beach cricket, which is essentially the same thing as backyard cricket, I'd say this is certainly notable. The edits by definitely make this article more encyclopedic than it was, and further cleanup can better this article. ~ RobTalk 08:04, 3 July 2015 (UTC)


 * I suppose it now seems okay; I now vote Keep myself. My problem was with the expansive Rules & Tactics portion, which I removed. (I expect to be flagged and reverted by a bot though. Revision history suggests that's happened a few times before to other people for the same thing.) ~ Shankar Sivarajan 08:14, 3 July 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shankarsivarajan (talk • contribs)


 * Keep – The topic passes WP:GNG. Source examples include, but are not limited to:, , , , , , , , . North America1000 08:04, 3 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep - meets GNG. comes through with a ton of sources again  —Мандичка YO 😜 08:06, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep, definitely notable, but does need clean-up and sourcing.  IgnorantArmies  (talk)  09:51, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment Note that the nominator withdrew his nomination above. This now likely meets speedy keep criteria 1. ~ RobTalk 11:07, 3 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Withdrawn by nominator  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 13:30, 3 July 2015 (UTC)


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