Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eastern Basketball Alliance


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The result was no consensus. W.marsh 02:00, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Eastern Basketball Alliance

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Small-potatoes basketball league, fails WP:N in my opinion. The article claims the league is "professional" but I can't find any evidence that any actual money is changing hands here. At least one of the league's "home courts" is a YMCA. The league's "official website" isn't very professional-looking, with scores for only some of the games. While Google returns a couple thousand hits, Google News returns zero, and despite living across the street from an EBA "home court" I've never heard of it being reported on in local media. Thunderbunny 05:54, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep Looking at the external links there, and at pages like this, I'm not sure yet that it's not notable. They do sell (cheap) tickets and get some local attention . The lack of news story hits in Google is disturbing, though. JJL 12:26, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment While the Harrisburg team does seem to have it together, they seem to be the only team that does. (This might explain how they've won six straight league championships.) Good luck finding information on ticket prices, etc. for the other teams. Thunderbunny 05:10, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless Cleaned Up (or expanded). The article as it stands does nothing to assert the subject's notability, except to state that such a league exists. There are red links for almost all teams, indicating that they aren't notable, either. Though there are external sources that mention the league, no news reports show why the league is notable. ZZ 18:50, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep - The league has been around in one form or another since 1978. Also, I don't believe that some of the reasons listed for deletion: non-professional-looking website and the nominator not hearing of it in the local media, are acceptable reasons for deletion.  I do think a stub indicator should be added to the article however.  Stubbiness is not grounds for deletion. X96lee15 05:43, 19 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep - They are mentioned on www.usbasket.com. I would agree that they have poor coverage; though that is something that plagues minor league basketball. --MJHankel 22:40, 19 May 2007 (UTC)


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