Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Empire State Cobras


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. (non-admin closure) — Yashtalk stalk 08:53, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Empire State Cobras

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Completely unsourced. Trivial and non-notable. Fails WP:GNG. Also see WP:SPORTCRIT. Created as part of a large swath of pages by a single user promoting the sport or roller hockey. Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 17:13, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * These all seem similar:
 * Articles_for_deletion/Orlando Jackals
 * Articles_for_deletion/Connecticut Coasters
 * Articles_for_deletion/Minnesota Arctic Blast
 * Articles_for_deletion/Los Angeles Blades
 * Articles_for_deletion/Empire State Cobras
 * Articles_for_deletion/Minnesota Blue Ox
 * Articles_for_deletion/St. Louis Vipers
 * Articles_for_deletion/San Diego Barracudas
 * Articles_for_deletion/Tampa Bay Tritons
 * Articles_for_deletion/Long Island Jawz
 * Articles_for_deletion/Las Vegas Flash
 * Articles_for_deletion/Pittsburgh Phantoms (RHI)
 * Articles_for_deletion/Ottawa Wheels
 * Articles_for_deletion/Philadelphia Bulldogs
 * Articles_for_deletion/Montreal Roadrunners
 * Articles_for_deletion/Roller Hockey International
 * -- do ncr  am  17:40, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Lepricavark (talk) 18:17, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Lepricavark (talk) 18:40, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:01, 23 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep Professional major league team that was playing at the height of roller hockey popularity when it was on prime time ESPN which easily meets WP:AUD. WP:SPORTCRIT is about players, not leagues or teams. -DJSasso (talk) 19:16, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep This is getting ridiculous. Nominator should have done WP:BEFORE. Professional teams are notable, WP:SPORTCRIT only applies to players, and pages were not all created by a single user. Smartyllama (talk) 20:36, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep no evidence that nom made any effort to search for sources. Nominating with the same rationale for every AfD without (apparently) even checking to see if each article fits the rationale is a non-starter. Lepricavark (talk) 20:57, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Am unable to find any Rs whatsoever for Empire State Cobras: fails WP:ORG. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:59, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
 * ,, , , all show sources. Smartyllama (talk) 14:04, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
 * One and two are good, I'd say. The rest are either non-RS or passing mentions. I think there are some notable teams that meet ORG. Not convinced this one, based in tiny Glens Falls, is one of them. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:56, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep This is one of three articles for this franchise, which also includes the Phoenix Cobras and the Buffalo Wings. There are more than enough sources available for the franchise to establish notability. Alansohn (talk) 16:07, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep -- do ncr  am  17:40, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. Blatant failure here of WP:BEFORE by nom. As stated by User:Alansohn, there are multiple facets to this particular franchise. GauchoDude (talk) 18:41, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep  Trackinfo (talk) 02:02, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Neutral. There are some sources available but they are very, very, thin stuff. Could this ever be more than a stub? --DanielRigal (talk) 21:55, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep Notable and totally meets WP:AUD. WP:SPORTCRIT ridiculous mistake by nominator — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rody19901504 (talk • contribs) 02:59, 30 January 2017 (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.