Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carpetball


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. However, I am willing to userfy this article in case anyone wants to work on this article in their own userspace. Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:32, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Carpetball

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A web search finds no coverage for this sport except for a blog and web site by one person who seems to be behind this article. Wkharrisjr (talk) 12:22, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I found some more supporting references. Keep.Wkharrisjr (talk) 15:05, 24 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete Too bad you did not see fit to identify those "supporting references, so we could evaluate them. The article's subject is apparently a substitute for pool or billiards which lacks the "sinful" associations of those games, or which is preferable for church camps because it can be played with billiard balls on a cheaply made table. There was apparently unrelated use of the term "carpet ball" for marbles or for some ball game played ion a carpet on the floor in the 19th and early 20th century. The websites promoting this game say it was invented 20 years ago or so and is played at 8 church-related camps. I could not find significant secondary coverage in independent and reliable sites, though there are some passing references or incidental mentions. It is clearly more important than something "made up in school yesterday," but it does not appear to satisfy Wikipedia's guideline for notability, WP:N. Edison (talk) 15:39, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. Evano1van(எவனோ ஓருவன்) 15:43, 24 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Note: Although nom was withdrawn, the deletion !vote precludes a speedy keep, AfD must run full term
 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar   &middot;   &middot;  15:51, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

 
 * Comment It exists in the youth center world and you can find lots of brief mentions in books and news article, e.g.,, , , . Notable? Nothing I found had significant coverage, so I'll leave it to someone else to decide if many brief mentions add up to GNG. Intriguingly, I also found a number of references to a much older (1920s error carpetball, which apparently was an adult team game with leagues. See, e.g., , . 24.151.116.25 (talk) 18:25, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar   &middot;   &middot;  17:26, 7 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete for now due to lack of secondary sources giving info. (Carpetball.net is now dead, which is not a good sign.)  It does seem to be potentially notable.  Start the article again when sources take notice of it. Borock (talk) 20:32, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
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