Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Longball (sport)

Longball (sport)

To whom it may concern, the reason of this message is concerning your views on LongBall which is a real sport, and a very existing and competitive team sport. We are simply trying to make people aware of this game as I believe that they would benefit from its character building attributes. If this letter does not satisfy you I, an ambassador of LongBall invite you to a training match on Friday the 25th from 12:35 till 1:20. The venue is the original and birth place of LongBall, Carey Baptist Grammar School Kew, Melbourne, VIC. The court is closest to the drop off entrance. Please note we have had a few problems with unauthorized editing of the LongBall page and are considering legal action, however we have a busy training schedule. It would be very much appreciated if you could join us this Friday and withdraw your comments as a lot of time and effort has being put in to this website. Many Thanks, Guiney

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Wikipedia is not for something made up one day. This article is about a completely non-notable game played at a single school. Based on the reading of the article, it's likely the entire thing is a prank being played by the members of the school. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 23:01, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Agree with nominator. --Fang Aili ^talk 23:44, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:11, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, made up sport. RFerreira (talk) 02:13, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - The first five words of the article is all I needed to see to confirm my suspicions that it was made up one day. DitzyNizzy (aka Jess)|(talk to me)|(What I've done) 10:19, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
KeepYou can't delete Longball. This sport is part of a culture which you can verify through our sauces and Facebook page. On occasion Wikipedia users immaturely edit this page but I would assume this would happen with all other pages. As soon as these silly comments are found they are immediately edited out. Long ball is indeed a made up sport but how have all other sports been originated? Where would soccer be today if it had been dismissed long ago as a "made up sport". Humanity would lose the culture and all these things which this sport has contributed. Longball is fast growing, it has a strong and evolving culture and i would hope that Wikipedia would support this new sport trying to leave its grass roots and gain exposure in the wider community. I hope you will take this into account rather than just read five words and make your judgments. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Olig12345 (talk • contribs) 11:13, 19 February 2010 (UTC) This template must be substituted. (just thought I should point that out.)[reply]
Delete "You can't delete Longball." Oh yes, we can. Cricket and golf would not have been accorded articles until they achieved notability - by Wikipedia standards - had we been around when someone made them up. When there's evidence in reliable sources (please, not sauces - messy...), an article may be merited. "i would hope that Wikipedia would support this new sport trying to leave its grass roots" - Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, and as such records and does not promote. As yet non-notable unless some very good independent reliable references are forthcoming. Peridon (talk) 13:03, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Your arguments have presented some valid points, however, it is in our greatest interest to recognize these accusations and improve our page. It is understandable that you may see a lack of validity, however our focus is towards this issue and further links, references and soon to be posted pictures are forthcoming to Longball. As a community we feel a certain importance to expand this fast growing sport which has already spread throughout other schools (not only Carey). In addition to this, competitions are held daily with scoring and umpiring systems included. We are merely asking for your support towards it's development. We apologize if there is inappropriate or unproductive content on the page and we are doing everything in our ability to confront this issue. Before jumping to conclusions please consider the communities love and passion for the sport and again, please understand that it is in the peoples greatest interest to acknowledge your claims and further develop our page, thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pete Nico (talk • contribs) 11:36, 20 February 2010 (UTC) This template must be substituted.[reply]

Reply A very eloquent argument, but pointless. Wikipedia has standards of notablity; they are listed here. "Longball" fails to meet these standards. The case is fairly cut and dried. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:41, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Hello, I was notified by several members of my community of this conflict. Many have asked me to speak up, many families outraged by the proposed deletion of the article. After reading through the current argument, I believe that it is evident that the Longball page should stay. After analyzing several different aspects, I believe that the proposed deletion of this page is biased and unfair. It is evident that there has been a huge amount of ongoing effort to keep the page alive. I understand that there have been several occasions of people defacing our work on wikipedia, but we assure you, we are tending to that matter. Now as Dan stated earlier, this game has no "reliable sources". A quick search has shown that several pages on wikipedia still exists with no reliable sources, for example, Keep Away, another made up game. What makes this game more respectable than ours? I see no list of inaugural teams, origins, or for that matter many subjects the Longball page does cover. There have also been rumors of companies looking to sponsor our club. It is blatantly obvious that if you were to delete the Longball page, you may as well delete the keep away, or hide and seek, or even the completely theoretical big bang article, because in the end, none bar our page has a reliable community to actually prove it exists.58.175.232.148 (talk) 06:26, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Big BangI agree with the above. The Big Bang is largely a theory based claim, and there is no solid evidance that proves God was not the creator of the universe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.161.20.224 (talk) 06:51, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep When i was told that there were people who refused to acknowledge that longball fall a real sport i was horrified. i have spent much time training in the hope of one day becoming a longball player once the game gets off its feet, and to have people not only tell me that what i spend a major part of my life doing isn't real but to try and make it so that longball will never become a 'major' sport is just terrible. just because you haven't heard about the sport dosen't mean it dosen't exist. go to china and ask about AFL and they won't have a clue what your talking about. Longball is one of the greatest sports in the world and should definitely be kept on wikipedia. at the moment it may not be big but with time i think it will become just as prestiges as any other sport. people should not try and take something that is very important to many people and destroy it just because they don't know of it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jer11cho (talk • contribs) 07:17, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]