Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gooberball


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The result was delete; without prejudice to recreation if properly sourced. - Philippe 04:56, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Gooberball

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I originally listed an improvement tag for notability on this article, another editor placed a prod and the prod was recently removed. Since the prod was contested I'm nominating for AfD. This sport, or rather variant of a sport, does not seem to achieved notability yet based upon several google searches. Torchwood Who? (talk) 12:41, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * comment the official site of gooberball doesn't seem to have anything to do with gooberball making me question if this is a hoax.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 12:45, 11 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Seems to fall in the category of games that have been "made up". This is one of the more interesting "-ball" articles I've seen, with its combination of ping-pong and musical chairs, but no evidence that it's anything else but the product of a good imagination. Mandsford (talk) 12:50, 11 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. Hoax? Something made up one day? Either way, not notable. No indepedent sources. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 19:43, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Response from author to comments above. Understandable why it would look like a hoax, but it's not -- this is a real (and fun) game. True, it was made up one day (like everything), though at least 5 years ago, maybe more, by folks we don't know in another state. I didn't know the details of the submission criteria when I wrote the entry, but now that I do we're working to trace the game back to its source. It may go by another name, or have been documented near where it originated -- all of which we hope to learn soon. As for the website, according to the webmaster it was set up out of Michigan, but the hosting got messed up and is pointing to the wrong page -- to be resolved shortly. Assuming we do find a good independent source, do you have any tips on polishing the page up to wikipedia standards? Thanks to all for working to keep things clean. acecabezon (talk) 04:31, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable game varient. Edward321 (talk) 19:37, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.