Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Books (game)

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. To all the SPA supporters: sorry, boys, but read WP:MADEUP. JohnCD (talk) 18:11, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Books (game)

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Non-notable made-up game. Lacks GHits, GNEWS and references. WP:MADEUP applies ttonyb (talk) 16:14, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is a notable game well known by many. if you need more references such as articles from books or personal accounts. let me know as i can get hold if these. Would this prevent deletion? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.1.56.34 (talk) 16:20, 16 January 2010 (UTC) — 92.1.56.34 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
Delete. In spite of the above comment, quite clearly made up (by a group of sixth-form students in 2008, according to the article). EALacey (talk) 17:04, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Quite clearly made up ("Books is said to have been invented by scholars of belper sixth from center in 2008"), and if it wasn't made up one day, it wouldn't have four Facebook pages for references (which means that they all fail Wp:RS). DitzyNizzy (aka Jess)|(talk to me)|(What I've done) 23:03, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per the above, yet another made-up game with no notability outside a group of friends. Glenfarclas (talk) 00:46, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Per WP:MADEUP. Joe Chill (talk) 00:57, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: all games are 'just made up', why is it that this page has to be deleted just because it is a new game? How else do you think games like darts, snooker and card games came about? Many people love the game of books and would be devastated if this page was deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.107.146.119 (talk) 11:19, 17 January 2010 (UTC) — 88.107.146.119 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Comment – games like darts and snooker are well established and are played by multitudes of enthusiasts, not just a few people. BTW - to put things in bit of prospective, devastation is losing one's home in an earthquake, not having an article deleted. ttonyb (talk) 14:51, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: This may be factually correct and maybe they just want to spread the word? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.170.161 (talk) 15:50, 17 January 2010 (UTC) — 95.149.170.161 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Comment – Lacking notability, Wikipedia is not the venue for "spreading the word". ttonyb (talk) 17:43, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Books is not played by a few people. there are many enthusiasts. to be exact there are fifty official members and hundreds of fans and enthusiasts. Books is such a good game becasue it is easy to follow and pick up, this is what the hundreds of fans love about the sport. And yes, it is a sport at it requires pyhsical and mental endeavor. People would be very upset and tearful if this page were to be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.1.56.34 (talk) 20:20, 17 January 2010 (UTC) — 92.1.56.34 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
keep —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.1.56.34 (talk) 20:22, 17 January 2010 (UTC) — 92.1.56.34 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
~~Keep~~ Books is a world renowed 3 player game' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.1.56.34 (talk) 20:26, 17 January 2010 (UTC) — 92.1.56.34 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
- Absolute rubbish, no it isn't -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:00, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong delete - yet another game made up by bored schoolkids -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:00, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I can find no reliable sources that could be used to establish the notability of this game. Facebook doesn't count. Deor (talk) 11:16, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

~~Strong keep,~~ Yes it is a 'world renowed game' becasue there are people from other countries that know this game and are members. Many in england, some in america and south africa. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.1.56.34 (talk) 14:32, 18 January 2010 (UTC) — 92.1.56.34 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

There are people in London, New York, Los Angeles, Helsinki and Tokyo who know me, does that make me a world renowned individual? No, of course it doesn't. And the fact that a few people in various countries may know of this game does not make it world renowned either. Oh, and please only cast one !vote -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:23, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

keep Probably more factually correct than the rest of wikipedia. I'd say 50% of this website is a load of rubbish and this page won't change that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.158.159.187 (talk) 16:45, 18 January 2010 (UTC) — 86.158.159.187 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

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