Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Keg Tossing

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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 keep. Sr13 07:01, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Keg Tossing

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Fails WP:RS. Punkmorten 10:21, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep. I've tagged it as unsourced. Apparently people do toss kegs. Whether its organized and has developed techniques as stated in the article is not verified. The one link is dead. The whole thing could well be a hoax. My gut feeling is that it is not. Herostratus 15:03, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
    • It still appears to fail the criterion about coverage in non-trivial publications. People might toss kegs, but then again people might do lots of non-notable things. Punkmorten 07:19, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
  • You are both correct. However, I can't tell if this is non-notable enough to be deleted or not. Maybe keg tossing could go under the Scotland article as a heading? Meldshal42 20:45, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, W.marsh 19:41, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Punkmorten's comment about a lack of coverage is probably the key issue here. I find about 1,300 Google results for "keg tossing," and it's obvious that it's something people do (mostly college students, judging from the dozens of blogs and college newspapers that mention it), but nothing actually focuses in on it as a sport. It is a part of the World's Strongest Man competition on occasion, it should be noted. But, as a sport, it's not really established or covered. Weak delete unless someone comes up with some results indicating notability. Tony Fox (arf!) review? 20:17, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I'd say it's just as relevant as the article on beer pong, but maybe a bit less organized Gabefarkas 00:16, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep This is an event in the World's Strongest Man competition, plus it involves throwing stuff and beer ~ Infrangible 03:13, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Much like the comment above, I've seen this on ESPN's World's Strongest Man competition. Chengwes 04:20, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 09:25, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 09:25, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep It's a popular activity at beer festivals, part of the strong-man competitions, and is also a recreational activity. It's at least as notable as Squirrel fishing, Dwarf tossing, or Cow tipping.ColtsScore 13:48, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep It is certainly a popular event, being an event on the World's Strongest Man tournament should be sufficient to establish notability.--Kylohk 15:47, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
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.