Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/San Diego Sails

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 keep. Majorly _{(o rly?)} 12:36, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] San Diego Sails

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Article is original research and copy vio. Article sites no sources. Masterpedia 21:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

• Strong Keep The article should be tagged as needing references and wikification. It is contribution of a defunct professional team from a major sport. Many of the franchises from this league were absorbed by the National Basketball Association. TonyTheTiger 00:06, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
• Comment. According to WP:A, "Original research is material that cannot be attributed to a reliable source." The article as a whole does not qualify under that definition. It qualifies as "Unsourced material[, which] is material not yet attributed to a reliable source." Sources for this can be quite easily found here. Copyvio is a reason for speedy deletion, if it can be proved. Can you please provide the actual page which this is a copyvio of? Thanks, Black Falcon 00:39, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. Information was copied from here [1] [2]. Reworked as original research. --Masterpedia 04:51, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment. Thank you. It seems information was also taken from [3]. That may not be original research per WP:A#What is original research? unless claims are made which are not substantiated in the two articles. I will try to ascertain whether the posted content actually matches the sources (in which case, adding the sources should fix everything) or whether unsubstantiated claims are made in the article (which would have to be removed) and reply again within 24 hours. Cheers, Black Falcon 05:43, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep ABA teams are definitely notable and important to have here, and it's unclear by the nom what the copyvio is. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Velvet elvis81 (talk • contribs) 06:29, 26 February 2007 (UTC).
  • Comment. Article could also be merged to San Diego Conquistadors. --Masterpedia 16:41, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment. After comparing the article with the sources, it is apparent that certain portions of the article are not verified by the three sources I checked. This does not necessarily mean that it's original research, which refers to material that is "unverifiable", not "unverified". A merge between San Diego Conquistadors and San Diego Sails (and turning one or the other into a redirect page) might be the best solution, if indeed they are essentially the same team (the articles already contain much of the same information). Whether the Sails article ought to be merged to Conquistadors or vice versa is something I have no opinion on yet. -- Black Falcon 18:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
• Merge with San Diego Conquistadors; the new name should be San Diego Sails. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-03-02 07:47Z

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