Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Global Professional Basketball League


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The result was   no consensus. One two three... 03:44, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Global Professional Basketball League

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Minor basketball league that hasn't started play yet and has only two announced teams. More importantly, despite repeated requests to the article authors, there has been no citation to any reliable independent source establishing that this league or its teams are notable. The only sources cited are the league's and team's own websites and blogs. Also including Lancaster Liberty, a team in the league. NawlinWiki (talk) 14:00, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Adding North Jersey Runnin' Regulators, the other team in the league; no sources other than league press release. NawlinWiki (talk) 14:45, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

*Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. --  I 'mperator 14:20, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. The league and the Liberty are verified by the league's website. It is a professional league with professional teams and players.  This nomination represents merely this person's opinion, which violates WP:POV.  Instead of placing this tag, NawlinWiki misused his/her privileges to delete the page w/o any accountability.  These pages should be allowed to remain since they're representative of a professional organization, just like every other minor league sports team page on Wikipedia.  JaMikePA (talk) 14:14, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions.  --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  14:22, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Articles are supposed to have independent sources, and this article is sourced only to the league's own web site, which is the opposite of an independent source. It is possible that this league may become notable in the future, particularly if it actually gets to the stage of actually playing games, but so far it has received no mainstream news coverage that I can find. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:05, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Here's an independent source: .JaMikePA (talk) 19:37, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It's a three-line mention in a much longer online article. Not enough to meet WP:V.  NawlinWiki (talk) 20:07, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, OurSportsCentral is a specialized news source (covering only minor league sports). I haven't been advised of any coverage in mainstream news media. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 07:49, 20 May 2009 (UTC)


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