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The result was delete. Fenix down ( talk) 08:32, 24 June 2019 (UTC) reply

Synchronized Football

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Delete. This article is a hoax. It is completely unsourced, and its title is not even in proper capitalization syntax (it should theoretically be titled "Synchronized football" rather than "Synchronized Football"), immediately raising red flags. Furthermore, searches for "synchronized football", "synchronised football", and "synchronized football" Norway all failed to yield any legitimate results/hits from a standard Google search, JSTOR database, Google Books, Google News, Google News Archives, etc. etc. that verified the existence of this supposed 'sport'. The creator of the article, " Nikkolamur", is basically a SPA; the user made only one contribution besides the creation and subsequent developing of this article-- and this one edit, made on the article Pindar, was also immediately flagged as vandalism. Additionally, the diagram that purportedly lays out how the playing field is set up, was created by Nikkolamur on the same day he created this farce. It's interesting how this went unnoticed for so long, and I have come to firmly believe that this game does not actually exist and is entirely fictional. CitizenKang414 ( talk) 22:16, 17 June 2019 (UTC) reply

• Delete Discussion page was created without the {{ afd2}} template and never transcluded to a daily log. Fixed now. @ CitizenKang414: If you wish to nominate pages for deletion in the future, please follow the full instructions at WP:AFDHOWTO. As for my own view, I also have found nothing on the subject online. Non-notable at best, hoax at worst. -- Finngall ^talk 23:24, 17 June 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. -- Finngall ^talk 23:25, 17 June 2019 (UTC) reply

Comment. I also just noticed something: On the aforementioned diagram, the SPA who created this article left the summary "I made this myself in paint" (i.e. Microsoft Paint, most likely). In other words, even the diagram demonstrating how the game allegedly works (which was, incidentally, probably added by the author just to make this bogus appear more 'legitimate' looking) would appear to be likely just the fabrication of Nikkolamur. This leads back to the inevitable conclusion that outside of the creator of this article, there is nobody who can attest to this "sport"'s existence. No further comment on that matter, but I just thought I'd throw that additional detail in. CitizenKang414 ( talk) 05:54, 18 June 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 07:37, 18 June 2019 (UTC) reply

• Delete - no evidence of notability. Giant Snowman 08:17, 18 June 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete - Obvious hoax and for the same reasons above. - Alumnum ( talk) 15:12, 18 June 2019 (UTC) reply
• Comment. Yes, it would be one thing if "sychronized football" was just some game invented by the creator of the article & his/her friends. This would make it WP:MADEUP, and mean it should be deleted for lack of notability. However, the article actually goes one step further by explicitly stating that the sport is a very popular game among youth in Norway— as evidenced by the complete lack of any press coverage or mention whatsoever, this claim is obviously spurious, thus making it an actual hoax. CitizenKang414 ( talk) 16:30, 18 June 2019 (UTC) reply
• Comment If deleted, this would be in the top 3 of longest-lasting Wikipedia hoax articles. Interesting. 68.5.231.50 ( talk) 00:51, 19 June 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete - A quick search on the internet shows that their is no evidence that this game exists. So hooray for a made up article that lasted this long. HawkAussie ( talk) 02:18, 19 June 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete - It is a thing, but a non notable thing. Used similar in training sessions myself. No coverage in RS to indicate notability. Also not sure that it is called synchronised anything. No need to have an article on every rondo or training variation type game for football. Club Oranje ^T 12:33, 20 June 2019 (UTC) reply
  • Comment. Yes, it may exist (or perhaps something very similar to it may exist), but it is most definitely not a popular game for youth in Norway as this article claims. Hoax. CitizenKang414 ( talk) 15:50, 20 June 2019 (UTC) reply
    • popular, adjective, liked or admired by many people or by a particular person or group. Relax dude, the page will get deleted. Not because its title wasn't capitalised properly. Not because the article creator has only ever created this. Not because the article creator made the diagram. Not because it may or may not be a hoax, because containing an exaggeration or untruth doesn't make it a hoax. Not even because - somewhat unusually - the nominator's first ever registered edit (IP contrib not withstanding) and pretty much only contributions to date are this AfD. It will be deleted because the community deems it not notable. Club Oranje ^T 12:22, 21 June 2019 (UTC) reply
      • @ ClubOranje: Correct, I made edits with my IP address before, not logged into an account. CitizenKang414 ( talk) 16:20, 21 June 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete The article has nothing new for the reader. It is not notable and has no sources. Alex-h ( talk) 09:51, 21 June 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete Now sign of notability. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. If it's a hoax, shouldn't we speedy delete it? We do have G3 criteria for speedy deletion. I don't understand. Masum Reza ^📞 02:19, 24 June 2019 (UTC) reply

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