Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buffalo Sports Curse


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The result was   delete. Shereth 21:31, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Buffalo Sports Curse

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Non-notable phantom "curse." Local interest only, if that, unreferenced by anything other than weblogs. Only 37 Google hits and none reliable, being a plethora of blogs, forum posts, Youtube videos and Wiki mirrors. Finally, a heap of WP:OR and WP:SYN violations. For example, it's proof of the Buffalo curse that the Los Angeles Clippers, which started in Buffalo, hasn't been a very good team, or that the Buffalo Sabres - like, come to that, twelve other of the current NHL teams - haven't yet won a Stanley Cup. (Except, of course, the minor league baseball and hockey teams and the pro lacrosse team that have won championships don't count because, well, they don't, is all.)   Ravenswing  04:51, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hockey-related deletion discussions.   —Djsasso (talk) 16:47, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - an odd topic, but the two sources that are there look good, and more can be found. A quick look brings up Sports Illustrated Buffalo news and the Miami Herald --T-rex 17:11, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: Err ... the two sources there are blogposts, and are anything but legitimate reliable sources. Of the ones you've just posted, the first three state explicitly that Buffalo isn't cursed at all, they've just had some losing teams.    Ravenswing  21:18, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Just being devil's advocate here. But the article isn't about the fact that the city is cursed, but about the the idea or notion that there is a curse. Two very different things and those sources would actually back that up. -Djsasso (talk) 21:29, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * No, neither of the sources are blogposts. Go ahead and look at them --T-rex 22:14, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I already had, thanks. You mean the first one that's from http://www.syracuse.com/weblogs?  The second that leads to a page headed "Blog Summary Widget?"    Ravenswing  22:19, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I think he means the 3 that he posted in his comment. One of which was sports illustrated. -Djsasso (talk) 22:25, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Neologism wrapped in original research with a side of non-notability. Resolute 17:15, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete after a quick check on google this doesn't seem notable to me. Buc (talk) 20:11, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per Nom. unfounded OR. Eusebeus (talk) 20:34, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Super-delete feast! WP:NEO, WP:OR, and WP:N, oh my! Raymie Humbert (TrackerTV) (receiver, archives) 22:36, 20 June 2008 (UTC)


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