Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of National Basketball Association players with 40 or more points in a final game


 * 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. The keep !votes amount to "I think this is a big accomplishment", and ipse dixit is not enough to rebut the deletion arguments presented. postdlf (talk) 18:59, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

List of National Basketball Association players with 40 or more points in a final game

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A copy and paste job from List of National Basketball Association players with 50 or more points in a playoff game. Article does not contain the content which is described by the title. Unless someone wants to actually do the work on it, it should be deleted. Hoops gza (talk) 01:20, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete - Duplicate content per nom. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 01:22, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete – Duplicate information that wouldn't pass a threshold for notability as a standalone article. Jrcla2 (talk) 13:32, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. NBA Playoffs and NBA Finals, they're different. 100.2.41.66 (talk) 20:40, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
 * This list fails WP:LISTN in that no independent, extensive, reliable coverage exists on the topic of players who have scored 40+ points in a Finals game. Jrcla2 (talk) 12:34, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. In the NBA, the players make 60 points in a game, or make 50 points in a playoffs game, or make 40 points in a final game, they're not easy. KO.2 (talk) 18:00, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
 * You do understand that the standard for a stand-alone list on Wikipedia is significant coverage of the specific list subject in multiple, independent, reliable sources per WP:NLIST and WP:GNG, not "they're not easy," right? Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:54, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
 * That is not valid rationale for a !vote and should not be accounted for by the closing admin. If you can provide a reason like GNG or LISTN, with proof for your claim, then it should be counted. Jrcla2 (talk) 01:22, 28 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. I cannot understand how about persist to do anything about the deletion? If List of National Basketball Association players with 40 or more points in a final game has be delete, List of National Basketball Association players with 40 or more points in a final game and List of National Basketball Association players with most points in a game must have be delete too. If PPG in a final game is not independent, the PPG in a playoff game and the PPG in a regular season game are not independent too, both. If not，it just is the double standard! 74.72.5.181 (talk) 16:40, 30 August 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.10.132 (talk) 20:57, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I updated the IP and timestamp of the above comment. 74.72.10.132 had inexplicably signed with a hand-coded different IP address and incorrect timestamp.—Bagumba (talk) 17:29, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, nothing suspicious about that, eh, Bags? LOL  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:49, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Robert4565 (talk) 03:57, 1 September 2014 (UTC) 
 * Keep In my opinion, scoring 40 or more points in a Finals game would be a "legendary" achievement. A performance of that caliber would be a big deal if this were to happen in today's NBA Finals, and those performances would for sure receive sufficient attention from many sources. Back to Jrcla2's comment, I did add reliable references to the article, but they weren't extensive.
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  15:19, 1 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment to closing admin – All of the IPs that came out of the woodwork to vote keep, as well as User:KO.2, are currently under scrutiny at an ongoing SPI. Please do not close this AfD until the SPI has been resolved. Jrcla2 (talk) 14:28, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Not sure if the SPI has enough evidence to call them a WP:DUCK. In any event, the closing admin here could choose to discount the IPs as "accounts created solely for voting on the deletion discussion" per WP:ROUGH CONSENSUS.—Bagumba (talk) 17:15, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Au contraire, mon frere. KO.2 has a confirmed history of sock-puppetry on Wikipedia, and both IP addresses, with limited prior editing history, are from the same small area in southern New York.  There's ample evidence to call a DUCK a DUCK, especially when it's loudly quacking in your face.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:49, 6 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete No evidence this grouping meets WP:LISTN. Moreover, the existing list at List of National Basketball Association players with 50 or more points in a playoff game could be modified to sort by the type of playoff series e.g. Finals, conference finals, etc if consensus at that article deems it notable.—Bagumba (talk) 17:06, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete dupilcate as per nom. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:49, 7 September 2014 (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.