Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Illinois high school boys basketball championship


 * 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. Nja 247 19:26, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Illinois high school boys basketball championship

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Appears to be a list of the winners of the basketball championships for Illinois high schools - I'm uncertain if this satisifies notability criteria per WP:GNG, or indeed whether it violates WP:NOT#STATS. Brought to AfD for consensus opinion. CultureDrone (talk) 13:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions.  --  I 'mperator 13:28, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep notable statewide high school competition. The article does need work, but that's not a reason to delete. Apparently this tournament gave rise to the term "march madness". See also "March Madness started in Illinois", Fayetteville Observer, Mar 19, 2006 and this evidence of considerable coverage. --Chiliad22 (talk) 13:43, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * See also Illinois_High_School_Association where this is already covered. Maybe merge/redirect there until this article can be improved. --Chiliad22 (talk) 13:45, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment It's not beyond sourcing or improving | IHSA website. Rather dull presentation at the moment, less than one would get from adding the link to the IHSA article, so I'm not voting for a keep.  Suggested improvements would be to list the final game score (Oak Lawn (Richards) 67, Zion (Z.-Benton) 63 in 2008 for the 4A) rather than to simply say "2008- Oak Lawn (Richard)" [sic].  However, don't under-take an over-whelming project. Mandsford (talk) 17:20, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep There are entire books about high school hoops in Illinois, and many future NBA players (like reigning NBA Rookie of the Year Derrick Rose) have participated in the state championship. Article needs some cleanup and expansion, but it's a start, and there are all kinds of ways to source this information. (Besides the IHSA website, one could track down all the results by digging through old newspapers.) Zagalejo^^^ 19:16, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I agree this article needs some cleaning up but I think the subject of the article is worthy, and hopefully editing and completing its information will eliminate the current issues with the article. There is a similar article about the Indiana High School Boys Basketball Championship that has many of the same issues as this article.  Anyway I've added an external link, which verifies most of the info in this article, and a lead section.--Johnsemlak (talk) 03:54, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - the subject of the article has consistent verifiable coverage, so it's notable. matt91486 (talk) 14:07, 27 April 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.