Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alaska Quake

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The result was delete. slakr^\ talk / 18:55, 16 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alaska Quake[edit]

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These are all defunct ABA basketball teams. Over the last few months, they were redirected to List of former American Basketball Association teams. Last week, Natg 19 (talk · contribs) nominated them for deletion at RFD. See: Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2015 April 25#Colorado Springs Crusaders. It was decided there that AFD would be a better place to decide whether they are notable or not. I believe all of these teams to fail WP:ORG, rendering them non-notable. Tavix | Talk 05:29, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. Tavix | Talk 05:44, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Alaska-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:52, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Colorado-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:52, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete if they fail WP:GNG and WP:ORG, they should be deleted.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 14:35, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete all All the teams pretty much either played a few games or no games in an amazingly unstable basketball league (and at least with the Quake, had a pretty tone-deaf team name, and the article says it all that it was a top-20 team with only a 4-2 record). Delete all, but after this redirect Alaska Quake to 1964 Alaska earthquake as a plausible redirect. Nate • (chatter) 16:44, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It would seem there is enough media coverage to justify this article's inclusion in Wikipedia. See:

Alaska Dispatch News
Salem News
Alaska Business Monthly
Alaska Dispatch News
Alaska Dispatch News
KTUU

There are more than enough reputable sources covering the Alaska Quake to warrant its inclusion in Wikipedia.Ormr2014 (talk) 23:03, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:ROUTINE. Tavix | Talk 23:09, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The majority of those pieces are rip-and-read PR straight from the team; only the fifth story covering a rivalry actually seems neutral (but going by story 5, is under the same ownership). The first one isn't AD-N at all, but a generic basketball stats site which is confusing to understand. Nate • (chatter) 05:22, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete all. These teams fail GNG, ORG, and NBASKETBALL. None of the modern day ABA teams are considered a top professional league. The sources listed above in support of keeping the articles are ROUTINE coverage. Jrcla2 (talk) 13:46, 15 May 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.