Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lucknow IPL Team


 * 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 draftify to Draft:Lucknow IPL Team.  —&#8288;Scotty Wong &#8288;— 05:54, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Lucknow IPL Team

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Simply WP:TOOSOON to create this article. Nothing is known about the team except its owner and its location.  Clog Wolf  Howl 05:29, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cricket-related deletion discussions.  Clog Wolf  Howl 05:33, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  Clog Wolf  Howl 05:33, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Theoretically, the best thing to do would be to draftify it until the auction (or naming ceremony at least). But, practically, it will save everyone's time and effort if this is kept and linked prominently from both Indian Premier League and 2022 IPL, so we don't end up with 35 different articles under 35 different made-up placeholder names, and 35 AFD's or ATD revert-wars, not to mention 73 recreations. There's also Ahmedabad IPL Team, FYI. Probably best to apply whatever consensus this gets to that article too. Regards! Usedtobecool ☎️ 06:17, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * And then I saw Lucknow United.  Clog Wolf  Howl 06:36, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I would agree with Usedtobecool's rationale here (there's also an article for the other team that's being created under the same name). It's not that far in the future and if we don't give them these articles the children will simply create a zillion of them - this area of cricket is problematic in that regard I'm afraid. Blue Square Thing (talk) 07:20, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Move to draftspace WP:TOOSOON, but in 3-6 months, they will be notable. Don't need an article until they actually have an official name, team manager and some players, and they won't actually compete until ~April next year. Joseph2302 (talk) 07:55, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I am also nominating the following related page for a recently created IPL team:
 * . Joseph2302 (talk) 08:31, 26 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Draftify both Currently WP:TOOSOON. It is likely that both teams will have some form of ceremony/announcement with official team names, staff and colours etc, and that should be a suitable time for creation, not now. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 09:10, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.  Clog Wolf  Howl 09:30, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

This Lucknow Team will be the part of Indian Premeir League 2022. In December (probably) there will be a mega-auction of cricket players. So by then we will know the exact team, coaches, captain and details about other support staff. . In my view there is no harm in keeping the current page. LALAJI1234 (talk) 10:26, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * The auction is usually held around February, which would be the correct time to start an article- when they actually have some players. Better to be in draftspace until then, as violates WP:TOOSOON. The fact that Wikipedia is rife with IPL fandom editors is not a valid reason for these to be in article space right now. Joseph2302</b> (talk) 10:28, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Well I am not an IPL fan though. But according to a report in TOI the mega auction will be held in December 2021. Sorry for OFFENDS. LALAJI1234 (talk) 10:32, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Neither of the sources you've linked to confirm it will be in December 2021. Nevertheless, they shouldn't be created until either that time or a time when they have an official ceremony/announcement, like suggested. Right now, all we know is 2 cities will have a team, whose name we don't even know. There is literally no benefit to having these articles until there is some useful content in them, which won't be for at least a few months (maybe 2 months if the super auction is in Dec 2021). <b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 10:40, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

In accordance with what you suggest I think a page for the other team (Ahmedabad) has also been created. It must also be removed. As Board of Control for Cricket in India has not notified about the time of mega-auctions. Maybe, they will until the ongoing T20 world cup concludes, probably by mid-November. So its alright to remove the content. I support it. LALAJI1234 (talk) 10:47, 26 October 2021 (UTC)


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