Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2009 Indian Premier League

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The result was Withdrawn by nominator, non-admin closure. macy^talk 21:53, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2009 Indian Premier League

No reliable source, notability LeaveSleaves (talk) 19:06, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article talks about a possible future tournament which hasn't been officially announced yet. Does not contain any reliable sources supporting information given, such as dates, rules etc. No possibility of announcement in near future. LeaveSleaves (talk) 19:18, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

LeaveSleaves and I have already had a lengthy discussion on the article's talk page after he posted 2 links ([1], [2]) and suggested that these indicated that it was unclear if an IPL season would occur in 2009 (or any other particular year in the future). I responded to say that these links were about a proposal that there be 2 IPL seasons in the same year (as expressed in this link) and that the 2 initial articles stated that this particular proposal would not go ahead for at least a few years. Here is an extract from the new link:

"I think the IPL, we will like to keep it as two seasons. A single season for the first three years, we would like to move it to two seasons and we have another season in September," said Modi.

I also stated that there was no doubt that there would be an IPL season in 2009 and pointed out that, for example, the player auctions saw teams acquire players on 3 year contracts and that there would definitely be IPL seasons in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Any number of articles, such as this one suggest as much. As for notability, if the 2008 Indian Premier League is notable, and it clearly is, so too is the 2009 Indian Premier League. I think there is little value in expanding on this point. Juwe (talk) 20:15, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Neither of these sources or any other ones for that matter substantiate the information given in the article regarding the schedule or format of the tournament. And although 2009 Indian Premier League when declared would be considered notable, at present it is impossible to presume any of the information given at present in the article. Please note that the 2008 Indian Premier League article was created only after there was an official announcement to that effect. I'm not contesting the occurrence of next season, but a premature creation of an article without any reliable sources supporting any of the information given, except that there will be a next season. LeaveSleaves (talk) 20:48, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I take back my AfD nomination, a reference has been added. LeaveSleaves (talk) 21:33, 2 June 2008 (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.