Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1981–82 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team

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The result was keep. ✗plicit 14:17, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

1981–82 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team

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Another contested as a "controversial redirect", when only has a single independent source. Currently fails WP:GNG and should either be redirected or draftified in its current state, but since it was contested, we are here. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 11:02, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Basketball and Alabama. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:29, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Clearly notable topic. Auburn is and was a top-level, SEC men's basketball team -- and the article is brand-spanking new, having just been created this month. And what's more, a freshman by the name of Charles Barkley emerged as the team's star. See [1], [2]. A search of Newspapers.com turns up some 1,500 articles, just in Alabama, about Auburn's 1981-82 season. See, e.g., [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]. Thus, I conclude that the article passes WP:GNG and needs improvement, but not deletion. Cbl62 (talk) 17:21, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the same reasoning as my comment on the 1980-81 season. The sources turned up by Cbl62 are evidence that the article passes GNG. In general, I would expect that a top-level Division I men's basketball season would pass GNG, given how much coverage men's college basketball gets in the US. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 17:36, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep there is no high-major school that should not have every season article created. They all get major press all year long.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:02, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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.