Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2006-2007 Philadelphia Flyers


 * 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 to redirect it to 2006-07 Philadelphia Flyers season. --Abu-Fool Danyal ibn Amir al-Makhiri 17:25, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

2006-2007 Philadelphia Flyers

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It might be possible to write a good article about the 2006-2007 Philadelphia Flyers. But this article, as it stands, looks to be completely original research and editorial opinion. It looks like it's either someone's original analysis of the team or a cut-and-paste of an analysis from somewhere. Since the article will literally require a complete rewrite from scratch to meet policies for WP:OR and WP:NPOV, I recommend temporarilly deleting and redirecting to Philadelphia Flyers for now without prejudice for a better article being written from scratch independently at a future date. Dugwiki 20:20, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Well, if that's what you want to do, an AfD is not necessary to make a redirect. If you want to redirect somewhere though, I'd recommend History of the Philadelphia Flyers instead.  Or maybe 2006-2006 NHL season?  I dunno.   FrozenPurpleCube 21:21, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I put it on AFD because I'd effectively be deleting the contents of the article. I also wanted to avoid, for example, the redirect simply being reverted by the article's author. So since this will effectively delete the contents of the article, and to make sure I have consensus for the move and to make sure the redirect sticks, I'm putting it up for afd to be safe. Dugwiki 22:53, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * If you wanted to avoid the redirect being reverted by the author of the article, perhaps you should have talked with them? They could have even requested a speedy deletion since they were effectively the only editor.  I think that would have been preferable to AfD in this case.  FrozenPurpleCube 00:18, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * We'll simply have to agree to disagree then. Dugwiki 15:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * By the way, are you recommending the article be kept? Or deleted? Dugwiki 15:08, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm recommending you try a different method than AfD in cases like this. It would have been much more preferable to talk to the user, explain the situation, and hopefully help them to be a better Wikipedia contributor.  Maybe it wouldn't have worked, but trying would have cost little.  FrozenPurpleCube 15:50, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I take no position whatsoever as to whether NHL teams need articles by year or not. FrozenPurpleCube 15:50, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, well, the central question for this nomination is whether or not to delete the article. If you're not commenting on that, then there's not much to say. Dugwiki 16:46, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, I gave you my advice for the future as much as this article. It's often helpful to know there are other methods to achieve the same goal.  FrozenPurpleCube 18:41, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, you do things you're way, and I'll do things my way. I'm more interested in whether or not this article is deleted or kept. Dugwiki 19:28, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Doesn't look like anybody much cares. Maybe it'd be faster to contact the editor, see if they'll request self-deletion?  FrozenPurpleCube 21:20, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No hurry, it hasn't even been up a day yet. Dugwiki 22:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete Guidelines allow for articles on single seasons of sports teams, but this isn't it. It's terribly written and totally useless for an encyclopedia. YechielMan 03:47, 15 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete or Improve Per nom--eskimospy(talk) 17:04, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

*Delete I would tend to agree that AfD was not a great option but since it's here... The article is original research and would require such a complete rewrite that I see no point in keeping it for keeping's sake. Of course, no prejudice against re-creation. Pascal.Tesson 02:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge to the existing (and very decent) 2006-07 Philadelphia Flyers season. Pascal.Tesson 02:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm ok with that suggestion, although I should mention that there's probably nothing worth actually "merging" from the nominated article. Just a guess, but it's probably going to simply be a redirect with no text actually copied over. Dugwiki 15:26, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Good. So it is written, so let it be done. --Abu-Fool Danyal ibn Amir al-Makhiri 17:25, 17 April 2007 (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.