Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Highcockalorum


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Atmoz (talk) 14:40, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Highcockalorum

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Non-notable mess game without significant coverage. The only source is a forum posting. Wikipedia is not for things made up in the barracks, and a request for article creation does not trump the notability and verifiability guidelines. —C.Fred (talk) 19:59, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Added reference in a more reliable source, namely the book 'Cambridgeshire customs and folklore.'-Krollo
 * Delete it exists, or at least existed at one time, and that's about all one can say for it. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  20:36, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per ref added since nomination. RichardOSmith (talk) 21:01, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:18, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a notable children's game which goes back to the 19th century. Colonel Warden (talk) 19:39, 19 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep and move to high cockalorum as that appears to be the more common spelling for the game.  and  are dictionaries, but both identify the derivation as from a schoolboys game.  It appears to be an old game that has gone out of favour which would mean that coverage so online sourcing is probably not plentiful. -- Whpq (talk) 14:43, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Some references already found, others will be.    DGG ( talk ) 04:07, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep apart from the sources Whpg gave, I found some sources with vague information -, . — Novice7 (talk) 12:47, 26 February 2011 (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.