Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steroid usage amongst Dominican Athletes (2nd nomination)


 * 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, per concerns regarding the encyclopaedicity of the article. Skomorokh, barbarian   00:43, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Steroid usage amongst Dominican Athletes
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keep needs to be rewritten. this article has potential to be far better. there has been no efforts made though since it was orphaned. CashRules (talk) 07:22, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete this is this article's second nomination. I have no idea how it could have possibly survived the first. It is essentially an essay made up of some quotes from newspaper articles. Perhaps the most relevant policy is WP:INDISCRIMINATE in particular #4 news reports section. Jersey Devil (talk) 21:51, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment after reviewing this further I have to conclude that this was a really bad decision by the closing admin of the previous afd as the opinions of single-purpose accounts and one account which was later indefinitely blocked for vandalism were taken into account.--Jersey Devil (talk) 21:57, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Things have changed a bit since then; AfD has been steadily growing less forgiving of good-faith but misguided attempts to write articles -- or less tolerant of rubbish, depending how deletionist you are -- as time has gone on. I think the closure in 2008 was lenient even by the standards of the time, but not extremely so.  I think the article's doomed this time, as it should be. In addition to Jersey Devil's remarks, with which I totally agree, I want to add that this is a novel synthesis of material that advances a point of view.  Kill it with fire.— S Marshall   Talk / Cont  22:24, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge to appropriate article on steroids in athletics or Dominican sports. ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:59, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, possible rewrite and merge. Per everyone else. It is not encyclopedic at all, it reads like a news article. --Brian Halvorsen (talk) 08:31, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 19:26, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Caribbean-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 19:26, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  00:17, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete violates WP:SYNTH, and what's left isn't worth merging. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  21:49, 18 November 2009 (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.