Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sausage (game)

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. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-02-22 10:55Z

[edit] Sausage (game)

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Non-notable game probably cooked up by the writer. Google returns no relevant hits for sausage "cheesy pie" fact game. Awyong J. M. Salleh 15:54, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

• Speedy delete I think this qualifies as nonsense. Madmedea 21:59, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
• I assure you Sausage is a real game, I play it frequently, it is actaully very good fun and most certainly not "non-notable". I have just created a group on Facebook for people who play it, located at "http://hs.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2245237352" please have a look at the group, it should convince you of its reality. Thanks - Luke Valori, 18 February 2007
  • A game can be real but non-notable. "It exists" does not automatically mean "it is notable". For it to be notable there must be at least two or more reliable sources (such as major newspapers and magazines) that have described the game in detail. There appear to be no such sources for this game. Awyong J. M. Salleh 16:55, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Fair enough. I nonetheless object to the description of the game as "nonsense" or "cooked up by the writer". Delete it if you must, I just disagree with the use of Wikipedia solely for the purpose of describing things that have three or more major articles written about them - 86.128.189.226 18:05, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete sounds like WP:OR to me. It also is trivial and non notable. Just because a bunch of people on Facebook play it doesn't mean it needs to be on Wikipedia. It needs secondary sources other than Facebook to stand as notable. Darthgriz⁹⁸ 02:31, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. The creator of this article possibly created the game and so he/she is trying to idolize this game but it is failing, delete this article as it lacks formal language and an organised relationship with anyone else. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Czesc26 (talk • contribs) 13:20, 19 February 2007 (UTC).
• I'm chuffed that you think I invented the game but I really didn't, I believe it has been around for a while. I think the issue here is not whether or not the game is real (there's no way I'd go to all this troubule just for a laugh) but whether it's significant enough to merit a Wikipedia article. Perhaps it's not, but it is quite widespread, even if Google doesn't have much on it. Lukevalori 21:26, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
• Do Not Delete. I currently study at Gordonstoun in Scotland. I can assure those of you who believe this game is 'non-notable', which perhaps it is, it is a real and a highly-amusing game. It should not be excluded from the Wikipedia pages. It is in fact a well known game among schoolchildren, illustrated by the fact that the craze has found it's way this far up North. As this game is evidently growing more popular among the younger generation, I advise you to keep it. It is not offensive, nor is it irrelevant; it is a page of reference for those who know what it is, just like all the other pages on Wikipedia are. Your unfounded accusation that the creator has 'cooked this game up' is quite frankly absurd and overt speculation. Oliverlock 20:34, 20th February 2007.
• Delete. No matter who made it up, it's not notable. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 00:08, 21 February 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.