Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Portland Reign


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The result was   keep. snowball clause (non-admin closure)   A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 15:38, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Portland Reign

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A non-notable team as they only played 12 games before they folded. Tavix (talk) 23:46, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - a notable professional sports team. No value in deletion, per usual precedent an easy keep. Wily D  03:53, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep We might as well keep it, for the sake of completion. Besides, there are sources available, like this and this. The team also featured at least one future NBA player, Ha Seung-Jin. . (He wasn't necessarily a good NBA player, but most basketball fans will remember the name.) Zagalejo^^^ 06:00, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oregon-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 10:24, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 10:24, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. The game played in a notable league and had at least one notable player. The number of games they played is immaterial. Notability doesn't evaporate once the team folds. - Mgm|(talk) 11:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Professional sports franchises are notable.  Patken4 (talk) 20:31, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Viz notability. --Mr Accountable (talk) 09:42, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per the arguements above. The team does satisfy the notability criteria as a professional sports team.   A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 15:37, 16 January 2009 (UTC)


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