Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2015–16 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team


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The result was   Keep All. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 04:29, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

2015–16 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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Simply a case of WP:TOOSOON. The current season hasn't even ended, and it's useless to create a page so far in advance when the schedule and roster, and NBA draft declarations have not been released, and will not be released for several months. Mpejkrm (talk) 14:18, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

I am also nominating the following related pages:


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of basketball-related deletion discussions. Mpejkrm (talk) 14:32, 23 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep all per WP:NOTBUREAUCRACY. They all have some verifiable information on the future season e.g. committed recruits, committed opponents, and/or committed early-season tournaments. I'll pre-empt any WP:CRYSTAL concerns, as the policy states: " It is appropriate to report discussion and arguments about the prospects for success of future proposals and projects or whether some development will occur, if discussion is properly referenced." Based on past seasons, there is little doubt this upcoming season will take place, and the team will be notable. Deleting would require creating more work to WP:PRESERVE this useful information somewhere else, merely because of a technicality that the current season is not over.—Bagumba (talk) 18:57, 23 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep All When reading through the first item regarding WP:SPECULATION, you'll see all three of the these articles are not speculation, but instead are guaranteed to happen making these articles acceptable to keep. Portions of the schedules have been released and the seasons will definitely occur. Additionally, each article has sourced material and signed, incoming recruits are bound to their National Letter of Intent so it is safe to include them on rosters for next season. Cubbie15fan (talk) 18:58 23 March 2015
 * Keep all per Bagumba's arguments. Ejgreen77 (talk) 11:11, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep all per Bagumba. These articles are good repositories for the information he mentioned.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:06, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:18, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Indiana-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:18, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:18, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:18, 24 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep as above. Kante4 (talk) 22:47, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. Although you may want to avoid referencing the 2015-16 page as the current year on the general team basketball page until the school year is over (July 1), to avoid confusion with the current still active year of 2014-15....Pvmoutside (talk) 22:33, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep all as above, with the caveat mentioned by Pvmoutside. — Dale Arnett (talk) 06:06, 28 March 2015 (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.