Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Curse of the Shaq

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The result of the debate was delete. W.marsh 16:45, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Curse of the Shaq

Delete -- Appears to be just made up with no real following or significant number of proponents Mwelch 10:54, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

• Delete OR, very minor conspiracy theory. Originator of Delete discussion should sign themselves in. MLA 10:37, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
• Well, according to Google, there's about 280 hits for it, though I'm not sure they all handle the curse, per se. There are some mentions of it "affecting Wall Street" and it's mentioned in some periodicals. In any case, it is likely minor (we're going to have to wait about 85 years to see if it's got any staying power like Boston's), and so I recommend Merge into Los Angeles Lakers#Miscellaneous information.--み使い Mitsukai 18:04, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

• Comment - Just for clarification, the Wikipedia article in question is about a supposed curse against the Lakers team for trading O'Neal. Most of the Google references mentioned above are about a supposed curse against stocks (that the market goes down) in years in which O'Neals team wins the NBA championship. The two 'curses' are entirely separate and unrelated. Mwelch 21:52, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, but if necessary merge with Shaquille O'Neal. From my research, it comes from Shaq himself (see the notes section at the bottom). Personally, I don't think it is that notable as Shaq says a number of catch phrases like this which aren't a that big of a deal. To me, "curse" implies a long term issue. As the Lakers haven't even completed two seasons since Shaq's deperature, it is a little premature to say that there is some sort of curse IMO. --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 00:17, 15 February 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.