Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beach basketball

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The result was merge to Variations of basketball. czar 02:38, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Beach basketball[edit]

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Seemingly non-notable basketball variant that mostly serves as an advertisement. Google search turns up nothing in the way of external references or notability. Deadbeef 04:23, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and improve: This is a valid and increasingly popular form of sport. Yes the page has been amended to give prominence to one particular institution, so the advertisement / promotional aspect. But that's not a cause for deleting the page, rather replacing the promotional aspect with more reliable information. werldwayd (talk) 04:35, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Respectfully, replace the current information with... what? Are you seeing any external references or evidence of notability that I'm missing? Deadbeef 04:40, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

On the contrary. Many beaches that you visit, there are top notch basketball courts to accommodate for the sport. And it is unique. It is even played on plain sand just like beach volleyball. So we want to cancel a valid sport because the page has some promotional material. Even as a skeleton article it needs to stay as this is a valid variety of basketball and spreading greatly. werldwayd (talk) 18:54, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Roller26 (talk) 11:49, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. Roller26 (talk) 11:49, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Roller26 (talk) 11:49, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: The sport is not notable enough for its own article, and at present is difficult to find enough reliable information about it to replace the advertisement-like resources for even an inclusion in Variations of basketball. MagPlex ^{(talk · contribs)} 17:09, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Variations of basketball as per suggestions below. I have changed my mind regarding the topic's notability and there is enough information at present to move over and expand upon. MagPlex ^{(talk · contribs)} 13:16, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Variations of basketball. There is some coverage, but it would probably be better to simply mention it on the Variations page unless a decent article can be written, not this promo piece. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 20:40, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Variations of basketball seems like the most sensible option available Spiderone 17:53, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 15:01, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Real recognized version of the sport, even though article needs improvements, no reason to delete just because of that.--Seacactus 13 (talk) 00:55, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with Variations of basketball: per above. // Timothy :: talk 12:19, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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.