Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2006-07 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team


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The result was Keep. Davewild (talk) 11:35, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

2006-07 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team
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An article on a basketball team's season. Claims notability by "being the best season for the school ever", but that alone doesn't qualify as notable. Didn't win a national championship, nor make any major headway in the news. Jmlk 1  7  01:01, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - There are a ton of these seasonal sports articles. This team seems to be in the top 10 in the country for one thing, although I'm not sure how important that is. I say keep and cleanup.   jj137  ( Talk ) 01:53, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - Refer to WP:OTHERSTUFF Mayalld (talk) 07:33, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Non-notable. Mayalld (talk) 07:33, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - Refer to Don't overuse shortcuts to policy and guidelines to win your argument. Also it is notable, multiple outlaying sources such as ESPN.com and CBSsportsline.comVladimir.OShea (talk) 15:55, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - First you say refer to WP:OTHERSTUFF from WP:AADD to the first user, and here you make an argument that is clearly against WP:JNN, which is also from WP:AADD. Interesting.  Blue  Ag09 (Talk) 02:29, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - This is the most sucessful season the program has ever had as well as advancing the program to a recognized status. I agree with the clean-up, but it has a reference and there is no original research. Vladimir.OShea (talk) 14:48, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep while I disagree with all college basketball teams seasons having articles, this one claims notabilty by heading to the Sweet 16. Just enough for me This is a Secret account 21:33, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - Wikipedia, to my knowledge, doesn't have any minimum requirement guidelines on what would be classified as a notable season/team. There are a couple of options we can take: a.) allow anyone with a passion to write these articles for their favorite team to do so without discrimination, or b.) only allow articles for those which meet some minimum guideline (unless otherwise notable).  Based on what I have seen it appears that Wikipedia tends to lean to the first option more than not—even the 0-10 Dolphins and perennially losing baseball teams who can't win 70 games (won't name any names) have articles.  (And obviously I don't believe being a so-called "professional" team makes them any more notable than your average college team.)  If someone has a desire to document the history of college teams season-by-season, I say let them.  —Mike 19:49, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment In the absence of specific guidelines on sports team, surely WP:ORG applies Mayalld (talk) 21:07, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - I'm a significant contributor to another one of these articles. These NCAA teams receive significant coverage by reliable sources independent of the teams, especially on a game-by-game basis, thus meeting the notability guideline. I'm willing to pull up these multiple sources per request.  Blue  Ag09 (Talk) 02:29, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


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