Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lives card 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. Stifle (talk) 12:09, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lives card game[edit]

I recently cleaned up this article, but per this past version which includes the content "The player with the cards which total up to the highest value loses his life", my hoaxmeter spider sense started to tingle (there were additional incongruities, such as the mention of international competitions for a game played in a few Irish counties). The article needs reliable sourcing and assertions of notability. No Clusty hits (search). Baccyak4H (Yak!) 19:03, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. —ww2censor (talk) 03:23, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 00:01, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. No sources are provided and it's un-Googleable. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:02, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This is really an "how-to" article telling us how to play the game. There is nothing about its importance, in marked contrast to Poker and Bridge (game). Redddogg (talk) 03:58, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. There are absolutely no relevant Google hits if you search for "irish lives" and "power card". That doesn't absolutely prove that the game doesn't exist or isn't relevant, of course, but combined with the complete lack of sources it makes the idea of a game that is "popular in Dublin, Ireland and its surrounding counties" kind of dubious. Or to put it another way: there's absolutely no indication that the author of the article didn't make it up on the spot -- especially as the very first version of the article begins, "Lives is a deadly card game for two or more players that is popular in the canteen." It's only later that the game suddenly stopped being "deadly", turned into a supposedly popular Irish game, and gained the new name of "Irish Lives". Not buying it. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 07:47, 9 February 2009 (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.