Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Sledging (cricket)

There is no consensus, but a merge seems the least objectionable option.--Cato 22:14, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Sledging (cricket)
I hope I'm not just being a prude, but do we want a page that is just a catalog of invective, even if the subjects are notable and some of the quotes are colorful? I'm actually a little torn here, because I admit that if someone had put together a list of witty insults from the Bloomsbury Group or Algonquin Round Table crowd, I probably wouldn't have reacted. But I notice no one has created such pages. Maybe there -- and here -- the issue is simply that such quotes belong on individual pages for individual subjects, if notable enough, and not on a page which is basically a list of jokes. — Ubiquity 12:52, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 13:00, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge into Cricket (maybe under a section header there). BD2412 T 15:08, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment That would be fine with me. --Ubiquity 10:53, 15 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep I wanted to create this page because sledging is a noteable subject in the cricketing world, and is full of funny quotes, these quotes are only a few of many, hopefully some cricket fans will add to it, but just because there are no witty insults from the Bloomsbury Group or Algonquin Round Table doesn't mean it shouldn't exsist maybe there should be pages on these but no one has bothered. Its not just basically jokes,, its notable comments made between two cricketers on the field of play, if someone says something cocky you don't call it a joke.--McNoddy 15:27, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * If we had witty insults from the Algonquin Round Table, they'd be in an entry for Algonquin Round Table, not a separate entry titled Witty insults (Algonquin Round Table). My vote to merge is unmoved. BD2412 T 15:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't think variants on "Yo'mama" jokes, no matter who utters them, is ever quotable. -- Greyed 18:42, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Reluctant keep I think that some of the quotes are OK to appear here - trim and keep.--Cato 20:29, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * As a separate entry? BD2412 T 05:12, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge into cricket.--Inesculent 23:14, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Have cleaned up a bit, needs more work. added more quotes about how it shouldn't be in the sport.--McNoddy 10:01, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Those quotes have the opposite effect for me. If you had quotes about sledging going on in bowling or tennis, that would tend to show that the subject does not belong under cricket. BD2412 T 18:00, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 *  2 CommentUbiquity you stated that the quotes where from one site, untrue, next time please read the sources carefully, there where indivisual sources for each quote before you removed them. its how fixed.--McNoddy 11:34, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep first preference, merge into Cricket second preference. Sledging is 'not cricket'; it's more about verbal dexterity and quick wit than it is a comment on the game. The examples given are all notable (the Eddo Brandes one is a much-quoted classic). 13:01, 15 February 2008 (UTC) comment dated but not signed by Fys.
 * Delete, apart from the arguments made above, I'd like to know how anyone can even verify that these sledgings were actually said. The "source" of these even admits at the top that they may or may not be true. I also agree that these don't really have a place here, but even if an argument can be made that they do, the problem of verifiability is enough for me to vote to delete. ~ UDScott 18:07, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge per above.--Yehudi 22:16, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per UDScott. That these are quotes supposedly from living people is an extra concern for me as I think that the Foundation has asked Projects to take extra caution when dealing with content related to living people. I do not think that the sources of some of these comments are reliable. FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 15:24, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge I really can't see that this is worth a page in its own right.-- Poetlister 13:29, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment On the point of 'I do not think that the sources of some of these comments are reliable' some pages on wikiquote don't even have sources see Romário or Maradona. I've checked to see if I could get any but couldn't find any. If you look up these quotes for sledging you'll get many hits, making it a notable subject--McNoddy 09:12, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, but not every Google hit is a reliable source. As for notability, lots of Google hits is a good sign but not conclusive.--Yehudi 18:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)