Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of sporting comebacks


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The result was  d elete. - Mailer Diablo 02:54, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

List of sporting comebacks

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Quite trivial information, and after all, a team who trails 1-0 and wins is also a comeback. Ksy92003 (talk)  19:29, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions.   -- the wub  "?!"  19:44, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and WP:NOT. IP198 20:09, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and IP198. This is a seemingly infinite list. If one team trails at any point in the game and wins, it would be a "comeback"...which means that virtually every basketball game ever played would be on this list... Smashville 20:18, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOT: Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of info.  J- stan  Talk Contribs 20:29, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:LIST. Lists need to have a clear-cut inclusion guideline. "Sporting Comeback" is subject to POV, and hence not a suitable criterion. -- B figura (talk) 21:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep In the world of sport, there are some "comebacks" that are notable enough that they are remembered ever after as examples of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. This is a concise compilation of those comebacks which were notable, and demonstrates that it's a universal concept in the world of sport.  Mandsford 00:40, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment – Again, if the Angels trailed a game 1-0 after the top of the 1st inning, and scored twice in the bottom of the 1st and won the game 2-1, that's a comeback, as well. Ksy92003  (talk)  01:04, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Response But it wouldn't be notable. Sports fans know the difference between your hypothetical example and a true comeback.  Mandsford 13:56, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * "Knowing the difference" doesn't make this any less of an indiscriminate list. Smashville 15:27, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * What if the Angels trailed a World Series game 1-0 after the 1st and scored twice to win 2-1. There, now the game is notable.  Is the comeback?  Ksy92003  (talk)  21:03, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The game is notable... but the so-called comeback is nothing any sportwriter would bore his readers with. Now, if the Angels were trailing 8-0 going into the bottom of the 9th (that means the last inning, after the other team has already batted) and they came back to win 9-8, that would be a notable comeback... whether it was a World Series game or not.  Being down 1-0 is like running five minutes late for work.  Mandsford 22:38, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * But that means you're giving your own meaning for the word "comeback." That's original research to say what is a comeback and what isn't.  Ksy92003  (talk)  23:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Ultimately, you gotta be a sports fan to know what's so appealing about a comeback victory.  The sad thing for this article is that, although it does make a rare attempt to incorporate all sports, from American football to Australian football to what the rest of the world calls football and we call soccer... it doesn't cite any sources.  And trust me, there are zillions of books about such "inspirational" sports stories, so it's not as if it couldn't have been done if the author had tried.  I think this is headed for deletion, but, if done right, an article of this sort could someday make a comeba... well, you know what I mean. :) Mandsford 02:12, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless we want to list every comeback that ever occured, "seeming inevitable defeat" is original research Corpx 03:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Considering almost the entirety of the page is OR and POV. And polic wise WP:IINFO. i said 04:13, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. and others, unless a clear-cut criteria can be established as to what constitutes a "notable" comeback.--JayJasper 13:34, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom. **   ko    2007   **   01:33, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - technically, any game where a team that comes back from being down would qualify based on the title. This may be more appropriate as a category used for individual game articles. JmFangio| ►Chat 01:36, 6 September 2007 (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.