Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Garena Premier League

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The result was keep. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:45, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Garena Premier League[edit]

Also nominating the following for the same reason:

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All video gaming leagues with no substantial independant coverage (WP:GNG). All articles are created by the same author that I asked to provide sources, but this request seems to have been ignored. Vaypertrail (talk) 13:26, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Vaypertrail, split these? You should only bundle when it's unquestionable that they will be considered as a whole. These leagues/series are not being considered as a whole. – czar 14:59, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Everymorning talk 15:24, 8 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The Garena Premier League has received substantial independent coverage in Southeast Asia. A very quick news search reveals the following dedicated articles: [1], [2], [3], [4]. At least some of these articles seem to be written by (presumably reliable) major media outlets. Additionally, those websites seem to be hosting many articles on the subject of the article -- they don't seem to be one-off "human interest" articles on a niche topic. I will add the English source to the article. I believe the other two nominated articles are entirely separate tournaments run by separate organizations in separate countries and shouldn't be included with the GPL. Richard Ye^talk 04:23, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Aren't those just gaming blogs and esports organisations already associated to it?--Vaypertrail (talk) 06:59, 11 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Then most of the articles should be removed already due to this measurement. As I said, as a content of the League of Legends World Championship, it has the notability already. Raymond "Giggs" Ko 05:05, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

'Lao_Động' is one of the largest newspapers in Vietnam, and vietnamnet.vn is a highly prominent Vietnamese website. Both websites rank in the top 5000 globally. Given their level of dedicated, continual coverage of the events, I think it would qualify the article under GNG. Richard Ye^talk 01:19, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it is better to add English source of course, but the Chinese source should be also regarded. Add the Chinese source please. Raymond "Giggs" Ko 05:05, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep. It doesn't make sense of AfD just due to no source is given. Those three articles are highly notable as a content of the League of Legends professional competition. The article has to be expanded, indeed, source must be given too. Raymond "Giggs" Ko 05:01, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:15, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Asia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:15, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —☮JAaron95 ^Talk 13:21, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:12, 22 August 2015 (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.