Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Team Str8 Rippin

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The result was no consensus. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 21:47, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Team Str8 Rippin

Team Str8 Rippin (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

As per a previous AfD, I am resubmitting this. This article fails WP:BIO and is a team to an insignificant gaming league called Major League Gaming. :: Colin Keigher (Talk) 22:10, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Delete fails WP:BIO - all of these (individuals and groups) need to disappear. SkierRMH,22:22, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Have you even bothered to read the articles? -- Kicking222 01:51, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Yes, I have read the articles, please see comments on your talk page. SkierRMH 13:02, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - As per nom --Bryson 22:23, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Same question as above. -- Kicking222 01:51, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - As per the Team Carbon nomination. This professional esports team has had $1million+ contracts, as cover by Reuters, Gamespot, GamaSutra and amped. - hahnchen 01:18, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep One of the most well-known MLG teams, as discussed in multiple highly reliable sources. -- Kicking222 01:51, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I'm following the convention of presuming notability for athletes in the who compete at the highest level of their sport, because the MLG is currently the highest level of organized video gaming competition. Note that the cites to the MLG website curently in the article usually are suspect, because they are not independent. However, User:Hahnchen has kindly found independent sources to verify the notability of this team.-- danntm ^T _C 02:13, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, in addition to Hahnchen's sources, team and its members discussed in Palm Beach Post and Sports Illustrated. -- Dragonfiend 05:11, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - The emergence of professional teams in computer gaming is as significant and notable as any major sports team, and probably more notable than many of the second-tier professional athletes that regularly meet WP:BIO standards. Tarinth 17:06, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Colin. Edison 18:54, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Str8 Rippin is the oldest MLG team being formed early in the 1st season of MLG. Fonzi and Foulacy are the players that make Str8 Rippin successful. That being said: this team has had plenty of time to become notable. Why did someone delete AYB Fonzi/Alfonso Chartier?
• Delete Article lacks information from reliable sources in order to pass WP:BIO. Only featured in pulp entertainment press and business press, not in electronic sports press. Notability is also in question. The team has not appeared in any major international competitions. MLG achievements are slightly notable, but not major enough in order to have an article. Notice in the Major League Gaming article should suffice. -- DJiTH 23:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete — group that doesn't meet WP:BIO; no reliable, third party sources for verification of notability. -- moe.RON ^{Let's talk | done} 19:14, 28 December 2006 (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.