Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oxenfez (old)

from VfD:

Oddly, the game itself exists &#8212; a simple idea, and I remember playing it years ago &#8212; but "Oxenfez" Googles at zero : giveaway to this hoax is that there's no county of North East Lincolnshire. &#8212; Bill 19:34, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

North East Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire were 2 counties formed in the late 1990's by the splitting of the county of Humberside. Council website: http://www.nelincs.gov.uk/ DiscoPirate 19:39, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I myself live in North East Lincolnshire, and while this game is not particularly widespread in its playing, I have heard it played on a few occasions. Thomas 20:42, 7 Oct 2004


 * OK, learned something, thanks: and withdraw Delete. &#8212; English counties certainly change very often, that part I knew :-) &#8212; but "Oxenfez" still Googles at zero, and surely someone somewhere would have referred to it online? &#8212; Also, it must have other names and it might be merged with them? (Practical question: how to find them) Bill 19:47, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

That's odd. I've known of this game for a long time. Perhaps it is not as widespread as I first assumed, explaining the seeming lack of a website. I'm certainly going to look for (probably more common) names and merge them Dave 19:49, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)


 * Comment Dave first edit 7 Oct 2004, three edits total as of this writing, all to this discussion. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 17:58, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)


 * Comment An anon, 62.254.0.18, created Noj with the content simply being "See Italic text'Oxenfez'". It was speedy deleted, and then re-created by User:Bill Thayer as a redirect to Oxenfez. I don't know whether "Oxenfez" is real, but it seems very odd to me that someone would take a non-word appearing in the description of the game and create an article about it. I'm going to ask Bill why he created the redirect. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 00:51, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)


 * He did, and I did, and if "Oxenfez" is worth keeping under that name, we did agree that Noj is (purportedly) an alternate name. Per the author of Oxenfez; I'm not convinced of the name, but am having a devil of a time figuring out how to find the real name of the game. &#8212; Bill 19:37, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)


 * Surely it's better to preserve the entry rather than delete it even if the name isn't a very widespread one? After all, the game itself exists, and as such I think it would be fairer to leave the information until it can be replaced with a more common name, and then the "Oxenfez" page redirected to it? Thomas
 * Comment Thomas, first edit made 7 Oct 2004, to this discussion. As of this writing, three edits total, two to this discussion. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 17:56, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)


 * Comment The game itself does exist. Although I'm sure it goes by a more common name elsewhere I am yet to find it. Dave 18:38, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)

OK, here's my vote, which I think is the first actual vote in this discussion (besides the lister's implied vote): [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 20:27, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete unless someone can supply that name for the game. If "the game itself does exist," it shouldn't be that hard to find a reference to it or description of it, and that reference or description will surely contain a name for the game. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 20:27, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC) P. S. I just checked all the "vocal" games at Drinking games. ("vocal" being the closest category) and saw nothing resembling this one. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 20:32, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)


 * Keep the information since regardless of its name, other users have reported having heard of this game, albeit perhaps in a different form. --Thomas 21:58, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Intrigue 17:07, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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Citations needed
Currently, this article does not cite any sources whatsoever. Per verifiability policy the burden is on the contributor to provide sources. Personal testimonies of Wikipedians during AfD do not meet the requirements of the policy. I intend to remove unsourced items from this article in about a week if sources are not provided. Dpbsmith (talk) 20:02, 18 January 2006 (UTC)