Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Teeterdil

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 both, Wikipedia is WP:NOT for things made up in school one day --- Deville (Talk) 03:02, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Teeterdil, Dilboard

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This is a non-notable game that violates WP:NFT. There is one Google hit, and it is a personal blog. Deprodded by creator. Erechtheus 00:03, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

I am also nominating the following related page because it is exclusively an instrumentality of this game:

• Dilboard

Erechtheus 00:08, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Well its not a huge game yet, but it will be soon, many of my friends all over the San Francisco Bay Area play it. It is a great game, please don't shut it down. It is a part of our lifestyle now, read the article, sir - Widereceiver19

This is a real game that could end up huge. We have an official website, and it is the new skateboarding, it is an underground sport that many like - Widereceiver19

• Delete both articles. See WP:NOT (particularly "Wikipedia is not a publisher of..." "original inventions" and "Wikipedia articles are not: Self promotion or advertising"), and WP:NFT. Wikipedia has articles on things that are already notable, not things that may become so in future. If in time it does become notable then it will be an apropriate subject for an article, but not before. Thryduulf 00:38, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:NFT and as advertising (article says, "But for now the founders wish to spread the Teeterdil word to all."). -- Merope 00:49, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. If this becomes notable someday, we can have an article on it. But it is not notable now. Heimstern Läufer 01:46, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Do not delete it is a notable game i can't believe you guys havent heard about it. Its played in the bay area and thats what counts, many things on this site are far less important than Teeterdil, Cmon man, you guys be trippin —Preceding unsigned comment added by widereceiver19 (talk • contribs)

• Delete Man, you straight trippin', quit frontin' on us. This mofo hellas non-notable, only one Google hit up in this mug. Cap it like Tupac. -Elmer Clark 03:40, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Now you guys are being racist, please stop making fun of my race, and then maybe we can talk. You are not giving the great game of Teeterdil a chance. -Widereceiver19

• KEEP! I am from California, and i see peopleall the time playing teeterdil outside my house, of course, iam too old to play, but it seems like a very fun game, and my son plays it almost every day, please keep this article - John —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.245.121.29 (talk • contribs) — 4.245.121.29 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

• KEEP! This is a notable game, i play it all the time, please leave it alone - Widereceiver19

• KEEP! this is a great game. just because people not from the Bay Area don't know it, doesn't mean it doesn't rock. rock the teeter. sweet. -truckinator—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.169.14.70 (talk • contribs) — 67.169.14.70 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

• Delete. Mushroom (Talk) 01:19, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete both, Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day. --Stormie 06:22, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
  • You are wrong stormie, it was made up in school one day, but it has grown in to the Bay Area's favorite passtime among young teens. You shouldn't be prejudice against our game, give it a chance, many people know about it! --Widereceiver19 21:26 PM, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
    • I'm sure you'll be able to provide links to articles in newspapers such as the San Francisco Chronicle, then, reporting on this sport which is the "favorite passtime" of young Bay Area teens? --Stormie 23:11, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - made up, with no sources. -- Whpq 13:21, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• Strong Keep - Wasn't basketball, football, and even baseball made up one day? How do you expect this game was brought to existance? By Aliens or something? It has been around a long time. It was made in 2005 and has grown exponentially. you can love it or leave it --Widereceiver19 13:39 PM, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Note: User has voted twice. Also, in response to your claims: yes, those sports started out non-notable. Had Wikipedia existed when Abner Doubleday (or whoever) first came up with baseball and he'd tried to add it, it too would have been deleted. Once the sport achived notability, however, only then was it an appropriate subject for a Wikipedia entry. If and when Teeterdil gains a sufficient degree of notability (as defined by Wikipedia:Notability), it can be added (provided sources are given, etc). Until then, it is a non-notable sport known only to a small group that is in no way, shape, or form notable. -Elmer Clark 20:44, 6 September 2006 (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.