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The result was keep. Looks like sufficient reliable sourcing for GNG Fenix down (talk) 16:16, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jorkyball[edit]

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Fails the spirit of WP:MADEUP. If jorkyball was a notable game, there would be GNews hits on matches, events etc. It is not. Geschichte (talk) 04:00, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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• Possible keep per the currently-used citation and some of the notable coverage of the sport that's somehow listed as external links in the article. "If jorkyball was a notable game, there would be GNews hits" Did you even do a Google News search? The sport also has an international federation where its website has announced competitions in countries like Japan and places such as Quebec. All of this evidence shows that this isn't a WP:MADEUP sport. HumanxAnthro (talk) 05:10, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Yes, I did a gnews search, maybe it renders different things in different countries. Geschichte (talk) 11:01, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• I'm in the United States (specifically New York state), and this gives me all sorts of coverage (albeit foreign language) about the sport itself, events of the World Championship and the sport's World Cup, Jorkyball offered in children's play centers in Dubai, certain players and teams, and pages, pages more... HumanxAnthro (talk) 22:06, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete as non-notable or, at most, redirect to List of types of football. GiantSnowman 15:45, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep See fr:Jorkyball and jorkyball.org; it is not made up. Non-English coverage justifies notability: 1, 2, 3, 4. More non-English sources can be found by searching "Jorkyball" in Google News. Wikinights (talk) 22:01, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - the French language sources found would appear to be enough to pass WP:GNG Spiderone 23:04, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: The French and Italian sources provided by Wikinights do appear to demonstrate notability. — Toughpigs (talk) 15:43, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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