Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Knockout (game)

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The result was redirect to Variations of basketball#Lightning. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 14:01, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Knockout (game)[edit]

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Article has no references. It describes a game that most definitely exists but doesn't seem to be of note. There is a claim that a 667-person game will be put in the Guinness Book of World Records but there is no source for that claim. Searches only show that the school did this, but there is no proof that they were accepted into the record books. This should likely be merged to Variations of basketball if not deleted outright. —Ryulong (琉竜) 20:03, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose It is a notable, just like Twenty-one (basketball) is. The article clearly has to be much improved, but not a basis for a deletion of a notable game. Plot Spoiler (talk) 20:26, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
There's nothing on the page that satisfies WP:N.—Ryulong (琉竜) 21:13, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:44, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:45, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. Jrcla2 (talk) 13:35, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Variations of basketball#Lightning, from which it was unnecessarily forked. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:26, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 03:35, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Redirecting this back to Variations of basketball may be fine, but it should be noted that bunches and bunches of articles exist, mainly in local media and college papers, about various efforts to set the world record for largest knockout game. E.g. [1][2][3][4][5][6]. (Try a Google search for <knockout basketball Guinness> to see many more examples.) These articles are all fairly brief but the sheer mass of them suggests there's something notable about the game, in the aggregate. --Arxiloxos (talk) 17:36, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 02:31, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect/merge to Variations of basketball per Arxiloxos. Jrcla2 (talk) 16:06, 7 January 2014 (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.