Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bat Ball


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The result was delete. WjBscribe 00:57, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Bat Ball

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Non-notable sport. No references provided to verify its existence. It looks like this may be something somebody made up one day. Requests for sourcing have only led to the deletion of tags. —C.Fred (talk) 00:42, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Keep for now. I also worried this was WP:NFT. But I did find that the local government authority knows about it:, at page 51, section 4.2.1.6. The google maps link on the page also shows the court. Given that, I think it's not a total hoax, and the authors should be given a chance to establish it. Certainly if no better references can be found it should go, but I think they should get more than five days to work on it. Tb (talk) 00:59, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The problem is, the Newcastle Coastline Management Study makes only a passing reference. This is not sufficient for the verifiability hurdle. Also, I can't get a relevant hit with a Google search on either '"bat ball"' or '"bat ball" newcastle'. —C.Fred (talk) 01:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * It certainly verifies that "bat ball" is not something they made up one day. That's why I think they should get a chance to establish notability and references. Tb (talk) 01:17, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Let me amend my comment slightly. If it's known only in Newcastle, NSW, then it certainly fails notability IMO; if it is known outside Newcastle, NSW, then it probably passes notability. So I think we need to give them a chance to find any references outside that one court in that one city. If they can't, Nuke it. Tb (talk) 01:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Delete From some of the content it just seems to be a game played between a group of friends and nothing more, certainly from the names of those involved. ♦Tangerines♦ · Talk 01:11, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Delete as non-notable sport if not WP:NFT. --DAJF (talk) 03:02, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Keep whilst there are few articles available on the internet, and no official league exists, the sport is quite popular in Australia. Perhaps the article will encourage more people to post their local courts. -- 03:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.168.69.130 (talk)
 * Delete doesn't meet WP:N --Nick Dowling (talk) 08:01, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions.   —Nick Dowling (talk) 08:03, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: Private or regional passtime, not a sport that has sufficient adherents or discussion to warrant inclusion.  Utgard Loki (talk) 15:29, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * delete this speedy candidate. non-notable, non sourced, local game that has no encyclopedic value.  --Rocksanddirt (talk) 04:13, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable sport. &mdash;Moondyne click! 01:48, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - NFT. dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 06:32, 12 March 2008 (UTC)


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