Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1972–73 NHL transactions


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The result was keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Eddie891 Talk Work 14:05, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

1972–73 NHL transactions

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Copy and paste move to mainspace. Having tidied it up a bit I am very unsure about the referencing. My concern is that it does not have the quality required, hence the need to discuss this article and reach a conclusion. Conceivably it's not appropriate as a stand alone list. The Draft exists at Draft:1972–73 NHL transactions, so draftification would be pointless. History Merge is not required because there is only one significant author. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 07:17, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sports, Ice hockey,  and United States of America. 🇺🇦  Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 07:17, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment: I wouldn't imagine that WP:BEFORE was followed, as I'm dead certain that by the very nature of the beast, reliable sources discussing many of these trades would be found in contemporaneous newspapers. (Not only could I easily find a half dozen articles on the Plante trade alone, I have one in hardcopy from the Boston Globe: I happened to attend his first game in Boston, a memorable shutout against the Black Hawks, and saved clippings.)  AfD is not cleanup.   Ravenswing      07:39, 7 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Keep I do not have a newspaper.com account, but I know for a fact that trades and free agent signings across all the major sports leagues are and always have been covered by major sources. Even for this specific case, the NHL will occasionally publish an "On this Day" in which a specific trade or signing occurred. That being said, if the creator of both the draft and article (Scuddy07) can provide some of those, then they clean clear the "cleanup" label. Per Ravenswing, although not everyone existed in the 1970s, but if anyone has a physical copy of the newspapers, then it's probably proof enough.Conyo14 (talk) 17:32, 7 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Keep - Coverage obviously exists.KatoKungLee (talk) 23:51, 9 September 2023 (UTC)


 * 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.