Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ice Hockey in Mali


 * 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. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 12:51, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Ice Hockey in Mali

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Most probably a hoax. It is highly unlikely that Ice Hockey is played in Mali, and the claim that a local team has played against a NHL team is full nonsense. Originally prod, but the author removed the tag Julius Sahara (talk) 16:30, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - utter nonsense. Tony Fox (arf!) 16:35, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, funny but likely a hoax, and definitely no evidence of its existence. Nyttend (talk) 17:08, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Maybe they (or lackthereof) can meet up with the Jamaican Bobsled Team? Transwiki to unencyclopedia. The idea of having them meet upwith the Jamaican Bobsled Team is still perfectly valid however. The Weak Willed 19:36, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I tried combinations of "Hockey sur glace" and "Patinoire" with "Mali" and "Bamako". Sadly, none of them turned up anything to support this wonderful article. Aymatth2 (talk) 19:47, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Hoax, re-create on 1 April 2010. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:41, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment This is actually true, even if it's hard to believe. It's hard to search for information about ice hockey in Mali, because Mali is one of the poorest nations in the world. I will try to improve it. -KyyhkyBoy
 * Delete The Youtube video under links is not much of a support, either, just a bunch of seemingly African children copying a seemingly American man yelling "Let's go Penguins, Let's go Steelers, Let's go Pirates." I've been working on Downhill Skiing in Nauru and Surfing in Mongolia but I realize that if this is deleted, those might be, as well. Eauhomme (talk) 04:16, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - even if not a hoax, it is not notable. Bearian&#39;sBooties (talk) 01:12, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Come on guys, the Rescue Squad is on the job. We've added pictures and we've added references. Admittedly none of the references actually mentions Mali, but we're circling in on it. Just takes time. Aymatth2 (talk) 02:54, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * When I see independent filmmakers with finished projects to their credit and established character actors who have never had "significant" roles get deleted for failing WP:ENTERTAINER, the last thing I want to see is crap like this get rescued. Sorry if I sound bitter, but it took a solid week of rescue work and arguing for me to get a well-established character actor with 40 roles to her credit to close with a "No consensus", rather than the delete it was heading for. Eauhomme (talk) 05:48, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey, don't say that yet. We still can improve this article. -KyyhkyBoy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.248.30.169 (talk) 06:24, 23 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Transwiki to Uncyclopedia. This important subject should not be lost to the world just because of the shortsightedness of a few Wikipedians. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:33, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete (copy to Uncyclopedia if anyone knows how). It is clearly a hoax - no trace of any sources. I have used some of the material for a new article on Ice hockey in Africa (not a hoax). Mali does not figure in it. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:47, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Mali might as well be Mercury for all the ice hockey you can play there.--EchetusXe 13:13, 23 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete obviously a hoax page created to "test" the ARS, as demonstrated by Aymatth's sarcastic comment. TomCat4680 (talk) 22:17, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Can we Snowball this one? I apologize for the sarcasm - never appropriate. Aymatth2 (talk) 23:00, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * No way. Winter is coming and I sense the tide may be turning in this AfD. Clearly the subject is gaining interest. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:50, 24 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete Hoax article, and there's no evidence that ice hockey is played in Mali. Epbr123 (talk) 07:36, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks like its time for that article on Antarctic mud wrestling. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 08:08, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * If anyone wants to start Mountaineering in the Maldives there are solid references here and here. Aymatth2 (talk) 15:51, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Can you get a bunch of native children to rattle off the names of Pittsburgh sports teams in a Youtube video and call it a source in that article, too? Eauhomme (talk) 04:38, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Get serious. Hockey is not relevant to Mountaineering in the Maldives. Edmund Hillary may not be either. We just need a Youtube video of kids planting a flag on the highest peak in the Maldives (2.3 meters) - that would be definitive. Aymatth2 (talk) 23:37, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

*Should this be relisted so we can get a stronger consensus on how to handle it? Okay, I admit it. This has no place on Wikipedia although it's amusing. ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:47, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * "In the 2006 Hockey World Cup in Germany, Ivory Coast came from two goals behind to beat 10-man Serbia & Montenegro. Arouna Koné evened the score with a header early in the second half, and Bonaventure Kalou scored the winning goal on a penalty shot". I didn't know you could head a goal in ice hockey........  Seriously, this article is a total load of bollocks and should be deleted post haste.... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:19, 24 August 2009 (UTC)


 * The consensus is delete. Why is this discussion still open? TomCat4680 (talk) 21:48, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * AfD discussions typically last seven days. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 04:51, 26 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. This and same-sex marriage in Antarctica are in the same category. What's next? Golf in Antarctica? Basketball in Mars? Tim Song (talk) 06:43, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Golf in Antarctica has more sources than this article but seems to be limited to disc golf, golf driving and crazy golf. As far as I can tell, Basketball in Mars is not very popular sport. Aymatth2 (talk) 00:36, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Who says Martians can't play basketball? I'll find some sources, and create that article for ya. The Weak Willed 23:36, 27 August 2009 (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.