Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Game of "S.K.A.T.E." (3rd nomination)


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The result was   keep. czar ⨹   21:12, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

Game of "S.K.A.T.E."
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I can find no coverage of this skateboarding game and no indication the subject meets the General notability guideline. The sources cited in the article are a blog and an online skateboarding dictionary. This article appears to be the only relevant Ghit. Even the basketball game H-O-R-S-E, on which this game appears to be modelled, has only a section dedicated to it in the article Variations of basketball; based on the lack of coverage, I don't think this subject merits a standalone article. -- Rrburke (talk) 15:05, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:13, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Keep - Game of S.K.A.T.E. has been a generally informal affair, occasionally played in the context of other larger competitions as an additional event. But this year the inaugural EPSN and Monster Energy Drink-sponsored international Game of S.K.A.T.E. was held . That has prompted other organisations to run their own events, including governments. A year ago I might have agreed, but this is now an activity with organised competitions at the highest levels, in addition to ongoing popularity as an activity among casual participants. There's ancillary coverage of other events and related stories like this and this (related). As a game or event, S.K.A.T.E. is also (and has been for some time) included in a range of other events where it is secondary to vert skating or freestyle events. There are multiple instances of in-depth coverage of the August 2014 event, such that it might almost qualify for its own article. But I'd rather see this kept with mention of that than the other way around.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 23:46, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 21:52, 5 December 2014 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Keep Probably would have kept under WP:NTEMP from the previous two AfD's even without Stalwart's sources. Here's another in-depth X-games article on the house.  15:47, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 05:00, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
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