Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1980–81 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team

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The result was keep. ✗plicit 14:39, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

1980–81 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team[edit]

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Redirect was challenged as a "controversial redirect", when the article is solely sourced by 2 database entries. Fails WP:GNG as written, should have remained a redirect or drafted so it might be developed, but that's not longer an option. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 09:34, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: ~~American football and~~ Alabama. Skynxnex (talk) 16:55, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. Skynxnex (talk) 16:55, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Clearly notable topic. The extant sourcing in the article could surely be improved, but Auburn is and was a top-level, SEC men's basketball team -- and the article is brand-spanking new, having just been created this month. A search of Newspapers.com turns up > 1,500 articles, just in Alabama, about Auburn's 1980-81 season. See, e.g., [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7] [8]. Thus, I conclude that the article passes WP:GNG and needs improvement, but not deletion. Cbl62 (talk) 16:58, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - passes GNG per sources presented by Cbl62. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 17:17, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The sources turned up by Cbl62 are evidence that the article passes GNG. In general, I would expect that a top-level Division I men's basketball season would pass GNG, given how much coverage men's college basketball gets in the US. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 17:35, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep there is no high-major school that should not have every season article created. They all get major press all year long.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:03, 30 March 2023 (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.