Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ladder ball

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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 delete. Pigman☿ 05:35, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ladder ball

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Extremely spammy article about a game of dubious notability. Nearly every reference provided is for a company that sells equipment for the game. Only reference that comes anywhere near meeting WP:RS is a newspaper article about a local man who makes sets for resale. DarkAudit (talk) 15:03, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete As written, almost G11-able in my book. If there is an article to be written on this, I don't see it--a Yahoo search turned up no reliable sources or coverage. Blueboy96 16:21, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Game-related-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 16:29, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Google searches suggest that there are people who play this less-chance-of-a-skull-fracture alternative to horseshoes, although I've never heard of it. I agree that it needs to be seriously de-spammed, since there are several manufacturers who out this toy/game. Mandsford (talk) 02:36, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong delete. The article content is just a game guide, but the references are a blatant attempt to cash in on a load of public-domain games by cybersquatting on the domains and using Wikipedia to promote them. Percy Snoodle (talk) 12:09, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Agree with Percy and Blueboy. This is thinly disguised spam as the "references" are almost all websites that point to sellers of the game. --Craw-daddy | T | 12:54, 8 April 2008 (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.