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 redirect to Newcomb ball. Anyone wishing to merge the content will find it underneath the redirect. Stifle (talk) 10:27, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Prisoner Ball

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There are not enough references for this article to meet notability guidelines. One of the four citations states that the game is a variation of Newcomb ball. The Newcomb ball article already has a section on variations of that game. I propose that this article (Prisoner Ball]] be deleted and a summary of its contents be merged into the Newcomb ball article. Wikipeterproject (talk) 19:52, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge/Redirect – To Newcomb ball would be a very viable and much more pitiable alternative to delete. This is a legitimate game, as shown by the following news articles [1]. However, agree with nominator that the piece does not have enough coverage to be a standalone article. On the other hand, if we go with a straight delete, an individual that may search under the specific term “Prisoner Ball” will most likely come up with a “No Article” found message. Where if we go with a merge/redirect and merge this information into Newcomb ball we have satisfied this users visit to Wikipedia. Thanks . ShoesssS ^Talk 21:25, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Response: Agree with the redirect in addition to the merge. Wikipeterproject (talk) 21:29, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:41, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Done. ShoesssS ^Talk 15:29, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge/Redirect As author of this article, I also agree with the merge and redirect. If I knew the Newcomb ball article existed, I would have redirected Prisoner Ball years ago... anyway, thanks for bringing this here. Much appreciated. — RyanCross (talk) 05:45, 29 March 2010 (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.