Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nigeria vs. United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  21:23, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Nigeria vs. United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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A single game of a tournament that is already covered with two paragraphs at 2012 United States men's Olympic basketball team. Lacks the enduring notability to meet WP:SPORTSEVENT, with mostly WP:ROUTINE coverage. Moreover per WP:N: "This is not a guarantee that a topic will necessarily be handled as a separate, stand-alone page. Editors may use their discretion to merge or group two or more related topics into a single article." —Bagumba (talk) 17:09, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. —Bagumba (talk) 17:25, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Basketball is a very popular sport at the Summer Olympics, which is arguably the #1 sporting event in the world, and this was one of the most notable basketball games to ever be played at the event. Countless records were broken, most notably for most points in a single Olympics basketball game (meets WP:ROUTINE). It was covered by hundreds of different reliable websites and newspapers, including The Huffington Post and The Guardian (meets WP:SPORTSEVENT). Additionally, the YouTube video of this game has received almost 9 million views, and it was primarily because of this game that the 2012 USA team drew comparisons to the 1992 Dream Team. If this article should be deleted, you should see Category:College basketball games in the United States, because many of the pages there are not nearly as notable as this one. TempleM (talk) 17:41, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
 * For individual games, one question to ask is whether it meets WP:CONTINUEDCOVERAGE. I don't think this game has or will get non-WP:ROUTINE coverage other than at best a passing mention of the record. As for college basketball, I don't doubt that there might be non-notable games articles there, but WP:OTHERSTUFF is not generally a strong reason to keep a non-notable article.—Bagumba (talk) 17:51, 29 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment Another point to consider is the editing guideline WP:AVOIDSPLIT: "Instead, editors are encouraged to work on further developing the main article first, locating coverage that applies to both the main topic and the subtopic. Through this process, it may become evident that subtopics or groups of subtopics can demonstrate their own notability, and thus can be split off into their own article."—Bagumba (talk) 17:58, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete This is a two or three line stub with no extra info than what is contained in the main article.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 18:16, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge to the Olympic teamw article. The game seems fairly important, but perhaps not enough for a standalone article. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs ) ~ 18:51, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
 * The Olympic team article already covers the game more extensively than this stubbish standalone article. Please reconsider your merge !vote.—Bagumba (talk) 18:55, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. Everything's already covered in the US team's article, so why repeat it? Clarityfiend (talk) 22:29, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:07, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:07, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:07, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:07, 30 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete content, then redirect to 2012 Team USA article where it is more extensively covered. I would be in favor of keeping the categories on the redirect though. Jrcla2 (talk) 20:12, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Given that no articles currently link here, and I'm not even sure if there is a naming convention for specific games in a tournament, is this even a plausible redirect, or would it be subject to CSD A10? At any rate, I guess there are worse things than questionable redirects.—Bagumba (talk) 21:52, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't oppose a full-on delete. Jrcla2 (talk) 13:12, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete unnecessary WP:CONTENTFORK, this is not a plausible search item to warrant leaving a redirect. Kraxler (talk) 13:43, 6 August 2015 (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.