Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/South Shore League


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The result was   merge to Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association.  MBisanz  talk 03:52, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

South Shore League

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No sources provided, and a quick google search does not turn up any reliable sources that I can find. Appears to be a high school sports leauge, which normally does not meet the notability threshhold we require. Paul McDonald (talk) 18:27, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:35, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
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 * Comment - I haven't established my vote yet but Google News and Google News archives provided several results ranging from decades ago and as far as 1915 so this is certainly not a hoax. SwisterTwister   talk  20:58, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete or Merge with Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. There doesn't appear to be any notability here and sources are lacking. Maybe this can be salvaged by merging with the MIAA article -- which itself could use some love. -- NINTENDUDE 64 03:25, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. Here's a source review:
 * There's an article in the Boston Globe about the league in 2010.
 * A story in Enterprise News about an important game in the league.
 * An article about changes in penalties in hockey in the South Shore League, also in the Globe.
 * A story in the Patriot Ledger in which a league realignment is discussed and South Shore is described as a "big part of the tradition at Abington"
 * An ESPN blog on the league that covers it with some depth.
 * There are hundreds of articles of this type in the Google News and web results. One issue is that none of these individually represents significant coverage of the league itself in reliable sources per WP:GNG. There's also the fact that this is a high school sports division, and hence isn't inherently as significant as a college or professional league. Nevertheless, I think the presence of these sources in combination demonstrates significant-enough coverage to meet the guidelines. I think the article should be condensed considerably and sourced properly; it's in a poor state at the moment, and it needs a serious review for summary style. There's no need for the article to be more than a concise summary of the league and its constituents. I think part of the resistance to keeping it may be its unwieldy size and poor construction. This can be fixed. --Batard0 (talk) 16:47, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 01:32, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 00:55, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cheers, Riley   Huntley  01:14, 15 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom, high school sports league. Also per Batard0's comment that it isn't as significant as even a college league, which I believe itself has a lower status than a professional league. Cloudz 679 13:28, 19 November 2012 (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.