Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cicero Cometas USA


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The result was   delete. Missvain (talk) 05:39, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Cicero Cometas USA

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I prodded this article as a "basketball team with no assertion of notability," and it was declined by User:TonyTheTiger with the rationale "It needs serious evaluation at WP:AFD if it is to be deleted. Expertise is needed to determine the caliber of this league and its teams. I view as semipro that should be deleted, but am not sure." So I'm taking it here to get that "expertise." I believe it fails WP:ORG because there isn't significant coverage in secondary sources. Pretty much what I found was wiki mirrors and WP:ROUTINE coverage, which isn't enough for WP:ORGDEPTH. Tavix | Talk  03:16, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete Sadly, this is one of many abandoned articles on ABA 2000 teams. The Cometas apparently folded in November 2007 . (I can't find anything about their demise beyond that message board thread, but finding information on most teams in this league - even current ones - is a headache.) Zagal e jo^^^ 04:13, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Some content has since been added to the page, but I still don't think the team is notable enough. The sources available aren't the sort of things that would normally satisfy the notability guidelines. I've never seen any ABA teams in Chicago get substantial attention from the mainstream media. (As far as I can tell, there was only one article ever written about the Cometas by either the Chicago Tribune or Chicago Sun-Times.) You could find more newspaper content about high school bass fishing.
 * If there is a good quality source that even briefly mentions how/when the team folded, then maybe the team would be worth a brief mention in the Cicero, Illinois article. But right now, we just don't have enough good sources to tell enough of the story.Zagal e jo^^^ 19:12, 14 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete Doesn't seem to meet General Notability Guidelines. Capitalismojo (talk) 00:01, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
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