Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1984 NASL season


 * 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  k eep. - Mailer Diablo 10:12, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

1984 NASL season

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Contested prod on this lone unreferenced article. Diff Prod rationale ''This long time unreferenced article appears to be an abandoned project, what would be sister articles 1985_NASL_season and 1983_NASL_season are both red links. It fails WP:V and has little hope becoming encyclopedic'' If there were other articles in the series they would/should be in Category:North American Soccer League but there are none there. While the topic would be notable, the complete text of the article is unreferenced and subject to removal, no one including the prod contester is motivated to reference it, I propose the article be deleted, as opposed to striped and left as a stub, as it will have to be completely rewritten from references if anyone ever does decide to "to fill in the missing years" Jeepday (talk) 02:22, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep It seems a strange rationale that this article on this season of a professional sports league should be deleted because other articles on other seasons haven't been written yet. Has the nominator tried to reference the article himself before nominating it for AfD as policy suggests he should?  These sources have a lot of info and I've added them to the article.    Nick mallory 04:03, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per Nick Mallory and sources. The 1985 season would of course be a red link, since 1984 was the last season (according to the article, which I assume was read.  Histories have to start somewhere, and if it is with one article on one year, then, so be it. Neier 05:44, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related deletions. ChrisTheDude 07:10, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep as per the reasons given above. The last season of the NASL was an important one historically for football in the USA and as has already been stated, histories have to start somewhere Blogdroed 08:53, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Season of notable professional league with considerable attendance, there's now been a few external links added so it isn't entirely unsourced. Sam Vimes | Address me 09:53, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Despite the current status of NASL articles being somewhat of a wart, the topic is certainly notable and encyclopedic. I would rather put in a request at WikiProject Football to get some help in filling out more article content in this series than delete what already exists.  Andrwsc 16:02, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep The NASL was at one time the premier soccer league in the USA, and this is a summary of it's final year. Definitely notable, and per previous comments, sourced. Wildthing61476 19:15, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. It is a shame that whoever wrote this abandoned it without completing the other season articles, but this remains a valid article on a professional league none the less. Resolute 23:37, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong keep Last season of the league is therefore perfectly notable. ♦Tangerines BFC ♦ · Talk 00:54, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect to North American Soccer League - insufficient sourced content. Addhoc 14:46, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment If the content is deemed to be insufficient then surely the first thing to do would be to expand upon it rather than just redirecting it. ♦Tangerines BFC ♦ · Talk 01:13, 9 June 2007 (UTC)


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