Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Forceback

: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 no consensus. NativeForeigner ^Talk 20:25, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

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Article subject fails GNG. Andrew³²⁷ 16:44, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:19, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:20, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Keep. I had not heard of this before, but the article has a couple of sources and there seem to be more available at GNews about this "popular schoolyard game" in NZ. Article needs expansion to mention the so-called "World Series" [http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/db-fights-tui-trademark-rejection-ck-95003][http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/feature-archive/302993/Forceback-mountain-a-ball-some-beer-and-500-men][http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0801/S00125.htm][http://www.3news.co.nz/Force-Back-champs-compete-for-Movember/tabid/415/articleID/277979/Default.aspx][http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SP0603/S00003/they-came-they-saw-they-punted.htm] --Arxiloxos (talk) 19:41, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
Keep but only just. The game is covered very occasionally in national media and appears to be solely related to a prostrate cancer fund raiser called Movember. Has been run for a number of years. NealeFamily (talk) 23:35, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

:Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

:Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mediran (t • c) 09:55, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

:Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

:Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 11:55, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Keep While it isn't known by many people outside of New Zealand, it sounds interesting, and could easily find it's way to a larger audience. I don't see any substantial reason to get rid of it. Kaoskitteh (talk) 17:28, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Delete there is no in depth coverage here. There are some passing mentions, mainly in association with some charity events and a beer branding exercise. The presence of content on scoop (a press release site) clearly indicates marketting effort being expended to generate hype. Stuartyeates (talk) 01:23, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

:Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

:Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Automatic Strikeout (T • C) 03:09, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Weak Keep – SJ + 02:09, 21 March 2013 (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.