Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Major League Hockey

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 delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:41, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Major League Hockey[edit]

[Hide this box] New to Articles for deletion (AfD)? Read these primers!

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

Does not pass WP:GNG. The only reliable source I can find is this, but all the rest are just unreliable outlets. Toadette^Edit! 06:41, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nomination, all I could find online about this proposed league is social media and blogs posts. This source, the only inline reference in the article at the moment, is a press release posted to Mega Marine Ship Machinery Parts in Gujarat, India, suggesting undisclosed paid editing. Wikishovel (talk) 07:38, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Ice hockey, Canada, and United States of America. Shellwood (talk) 09:03, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: This is about all there is in a semi-RS [1], otherwise all I find is PR items. Oaktree b (talk) 13:57, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to WP:SPORTSKEEDA, that's "generally unreliable". Wikishovel (talk) 14:07, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This has been reported by many reputable sources in the hockey community, including Steve Dangle and Allan Walsh. https://twitter.com/walsha/status/1788751235085996514 Ericringo (talk) 14:58, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Mmhmm. For my part, any claim that some fly-by-night startup league could conceivably contemplate a salary cap of $30 million, or to pay each player an average of $2.1 m, not only makes this a GNG violation but bumps up hard against WP:BULLSHIT. This is just not credible, and I want a lot better proof of notice by "reputable sources in the hockey community" than a broken Twitter link. Ravenswing 00:27, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: the subject does not meet the notability criteria; the amount of coverage isn't "significant". There's a single full-fledged report on the topic (the Dangle video, which has since been retracted); everything else is tweets by journalists. Furthermore, a claim as big as this warrants more reliable sources than a single report made by someone who is, respectfully, not a seasoned journalist. This plainly doesn't warrant an article. I don't think one can even recommend "draftify"; considering the paucity of sources, even the claim "not notable yet, but likely to become so in the near future" is generous. HeyArtemis (talk) 12:49, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per HeyArtemis - the Dangle video was the primary source of information, and he's since retracted it, suggesting doubt as to the legitimacy of the league. The Kip 15:15, 12 May 2024 (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.