Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Curse of Chick Hearn


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The result was   merge to Chick Hearn. (non-admin closure) Regards, MacMedtalk stalk 23:31, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Curse of Chick Hearn

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Spurious bollocks masquerading as a sensible article. The premise of the article-- in the Origins paragraph--is referenced to a couple of blogs. The rest appears to be ex post facto confirmation bias. This is *exactly* the sort of article we do not want on Wikipedia ... opinion and superstition disguised as reportage and fact. --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:49, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete The Black Sox and Bambino curses were notable because of their length of time...this isn't a curse at all, just a good team not winning a championship for seven years. Someone needs to go outside and get some air, because this is unnotable bollocks.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 00:19, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Change to Keep A perfect example of how the AfD process works. With all the OR details removed, this seems like a plausible concept sourced by several local items. Great job, Tagishsimon.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 02:56, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article is crap and I WP:DONTLIKEIT either. "Unfortunately", Wikipedia content inclusion is not based on personal preferences and idiosyncrasies, but what reliable sources can confirm.  If a sports commentary in LA Times mentions the concept, then it's a pass. Power.corrupts (talk) 09:56, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Curses. You're right, of course. WP:RS has it :(. I've added that citation to the article. --Tagishsimon (talk) 10:33, 5 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep per WP:RS, but the coincidence section is terrible. Smells like OR, unless and editor finds someone else making those observations. Not exactly encyclopedic, unless the coincidences themselves are the subject of significant press.-- SPhilbrick  T  19:37, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge. I have now removed all of the OR from the article. What is left is pretty much a single fact: that there was the notion of a curse. So as to prevent accretion in the article of more OR, I suggest that the fact of the notion of a curse be merged into either or both of Chick Hearn or Los Angeles Lakers, and the Curse article redirected. --Tagishsimon (talk) 00:01, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Nom, I want to thank you for taking article improvement work on your own shoulders and not passing the monkey to those editors who !vote keep. Power.corrupts (talk) 07:09, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice work. I agree, now stripped down to that which belongs, a Merge into Chick Hearn, with a redirect seems appropriate.-- SPhilbrick  T  12:37, 6 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge to Chicken Hearn -- Whpq (talk) 16:30, 7 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge to Chick Hearn RadioFan (talk) 00:27, 10 August 2009 (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.