Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Graeme Swann's Ball of the Century


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The result was   delete. Courcelles 01:35, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Graeme Swann's Ball of the Century

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The relatively slight, short-term notability of this event in respect to the actual Ball of the Century suggests to me that this article is candidate for deletion. Arguements at Articles for deletion/Shakib Al Hasan's Ball of the Century provide context for this kind of thing also. Essentially, not notable enough for its own article, the coverage and significance was short-lived and no where near like usurping that of the original event. Deserves short mention on Graeme Swann and perhaps on the original Warne article only. S.G.(GH) ping! 21:34, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Delete The incident passed me by entirely, and I was keeping tabs on that test, and not readin the tabloids. For my money neither the ball, nor the test series were culturally significant due to other incidents and allegations surrounding the series, and the resultant lack of competition from Pakistan during the series. AbrahamCat (talk) 21:45, 23 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete. Not notable.  It is an example of media hype.  I agree with SGGH that it deserves a mention in the Swann biography but no more.  Jack | talk page 21:55, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable.  Harrias  talk  22:03, 23 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete. Fails WP:NOTNEWS & WP:EVENT. The delivery received a huge amount of mainstream news coverage across the cricketing world, but only for short period of time in August. The lack of follow-up and references since then show there is little reason to suspect that it will have any lasting impact or significance. Certainly should be covered in Swann's article and maybe the article on the tour, but that's probably enough. wjemather bigissue 23:13, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nominator. Johnlp (talk) 23:21, 23 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Cricket-related deletion discussions.  —wjemather bigissue  23:26, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. non-notable event in terms of a separate article, but worthy of mention in the player article.  –Moondyne 23:33, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge/delete into Swann's article and Ball of the Century. Maybe he can reproduce this in Brisbane in a few hours time!  Lugnuts  (talk) 07:58, 24 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete and merge parts of the article into Graeme Swann. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 17:35, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. As an English cricket fan I remember this ball, but that doesn't make it a suitable subject for an encyclopedia article. It would take a very exceptional ball bowled in very exceptional circumstances, such as Shane Warne's ball of the century (and probably no others) to make one second of play in a cricket match a notable subject. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:02, 24 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete and merge parts of the article into Graeme Swann as AA said, nothing notable enough to warrant a wiki.--Harikrishnanpv.ans (talk) 04:04, 25 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete: there can be a 'ball of the century' or a 'ball of X's career' = his best ball ever, but not 'X's ball of the century'. Was this ball so notable as to be worth including in the main Swann article?  I do not think so. I do not think it should be included in the original Warne article, as it detracts from the uniqueness of what genuinely was a 'ball of the century' (and I am an English cricket fan). Shropshirechris (talk) 13:53, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
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