Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donkey (Card Game)

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The result was delete. No sources = no article. Sandstein 18:33, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Donkey (Card Game)[edit]

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No sources. StevePrutz (talk) 16:07, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

comment Problem here is we have no single reference. Author should be informed giving at least 1 reliable source under WP:RS. Sehmeet singh Talk 16:21, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment there are enough pages explaining the rules (example), but there's no coverage of the game per se, which would establish notability. Hence the article probably doesn't meet WP:GNG. On the other hand, the article mentions the game is most popular in India, so perhaps the lack of on-line English sources is due to that. Perhaps the author has some print sources, let's wait if he responds (he was editing as of July 9th, so there is hope). Puchiko (Talk-email) 16:47, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment There was a book written exclusively about the game around 1880 it seems. If the author could provide the name of the game written out in its native language, I'm sure we would find better sources. I, Jethrobot ^{drop me a line} (note: not a bot!) 16:59, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - It seems there are a number of card games which go by the name donkey, such as this and this. I would recommend that the article gives a brief outline of all card games which go by the name Donkey (provided they have adequate references). ItsZippy (talk) 17:20, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 17:32, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I have played this game with a number of (indian) friends. The name I know it by literally translates to donkey (and the language it was taught in has no script, so can't type it out). The gameplay has some similarities to Hearts (card game), namely follow by suit or hit/cut if you can't, so they may actually have some common ancestry. -- Prod (Talk) 17:50, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Without a source, it is hard to verify that this is a notable game is called donkey, especially given the large number of other games called donkey. --Djohns21 (talk) 00:38, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Dont delete No need to delete , the game really exist. -- Raghith 09:45, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete (or userfy for additional work on sources). In its present form, the article fails WP:RS and WP:V because it has no sources at all. Richwales (talk · contribs) 01:04, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete This is know under different names in different locales. Unfortunately, it maybe be played commonly, but because we have not third party sources, this is not wikipedia-article worthy.Curb Chain (talk) 07:29, 10 August 2011 (UTC)Stricken out because sources provided in this afd does not describe this game, under further investigationCurb Chain (talk) 07:34, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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.