Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hockey in Rochester NY


 * 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 Delete. A majority are in favour of deletion, but more important than a simple majority, the arguments for deletion are stronger. If anyone feels that a meaningful article could be written for this topic, this decision does not preclude that, but the current content isn't likely to be very useful. If anyone does want access to the deleted content in the future, however, I am more than happy to provide it. Michig (talk) 10:42, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Hockey in Rochester NY

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Absolute nonsense article that is patent gibberish and should be speedy deleted under G1. Can't be understood and no proof of notability. An editor for no logical reason took down CSD tags. ...William 03:01, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete: I understand it to be a list of youth hockey teams; delete for failure of WP:GNG. Vrac (talk) 04:02, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Initially I PRODed this article believing it failed WP:GNG but on second thought I think it is notable. Remember, per WP:ARTN, article content does not determine notability. While the content is very poor, the subject is notable. Rochester has a long hockey history and there are plenty of references showing that "hockey in Rochester" is a notable topic. What we need to do is improve the article to be something like ice hockey in Ottawa. As for the argument that it should be speedy deleted per WP:G1, that doesn't apply because we can understand the content even if it's poorly written. The criteria says " In short, if you can understand it, G1 does not apply." T.C.Haliburtontalk nerdy to me 09:43, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
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 * Comment The difference between this article and an article like Ice hockey in Ottawa is like night and day. In all honesty, unless someone out there wants to put a ton of effort into improving this article, the subject matter here can probably best be served by a Redirect/Merge to the parent Sports in Rochester article. Ejgreen77 (talk) 17:17, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete I would have almost speedied it for not showing why its notable (A7). It is definitely not something that passes muster and should be deleted. This is nowhere near comparable to ice hockey in Ottawa, I am guessing that the amount of books/articles that have written specifically about ice hockey in Ottawa is significantly higher than Rochester. If there is anything it could just be put in the sports in Rochester page. Remember just because something has happened somewhere for a long time, doesn't necessarily mean it is notable. As it stands now there is nothing worth saving. This really should never have been brought to AfD, it should have been speedied or left for the prod to complete. -DJSasso (talk) 20:27, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
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