Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/North East Chinese Basketball League

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The result was delete. j⚛e decker ^talk 14:43, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

North East Chinese Basketball League

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The "history" section has almost nothing to do with the topic. Sentences like "special thanks to..." read more like an official site than an encyclopaedia. But even if these problems are taken care of, notability is still in question, #1 it is an orphan, #2 none of the references works any more, and even if they did, are not independent, secondary sources. This is primarily an ethnic intramural league played mostly by US graduate students from China (as can be seen from its links) and not a single notable athlete that could be even considered semi-pro, and in my opinion fails WP:NSPORTS. Timmyshin (talk) 20:16, 5 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:33, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:33, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:34, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - The applicable notability guideline for sports clubs, teams and organization is not WP:NSPORTS; it is WP:ORG. According to NSPORTS: "It is not intended that this guideline should apply to sports clubs and teams; for these the specific notability guideline is WP:ORG." WP:ORG is very similar, if not identical, to the general notability guidelines per WP:GNG. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 02:47, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Non-notable amateur basketball league, apparently composed of Chinese and Chinese-American students in the northeast United States. My Google search reveals 45 results, the majority of which are Wikipedia mirror articles (never a good sign), with a healthy dose of Linked In, Facebook and blog pages. In addition to obvious notability issues, the article has numerous other problems. Bottom line: there is insufficient significant coverage in multiple, independent reliable sources per the specific notability guideline of WP:ORG and the general notability guidelines per WP:GNG. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 03:53, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Dirtlawyer1. Fails GNG and fails notability as a club. Jrcla2 (talk) 12:13, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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