Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2017 NHL Expansion Draft

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. Withdrawn by nominator. (non-admin closure) Canuck^{89 (converse with me)} 06:45, June 23, 2016 (UTC) 06:45, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 NHL Expansion Draft

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Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. If the location of the event is not event yet known, it is probably too soon to create the article about it. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 20:50, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I think it's fine, considering the occurrence of the event is basically guaranteed. I'll clean up all the "TBD"s tho/ Tpdwkouaa (talk) 21:13, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment As far as I can tell, the name and location of the 2017 expansion team has not yet even been selected. The Las Vegas Black Knights is one contender, but that choice has not yet been finalized. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 21:42, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep is confirmed as happening and rules have been set in place, so any speculation is verifiable speculation, so this does not fall under WP:CRYSTAL. Of course, the article needs to be better sourced and unverifiable speculation removed. ---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 02:34, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hockey-related deletion discussions. ^BE _CK ^Y _SA ^{Y L}E _S 06:27, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. ^BE _CK ^Y _SA ^{Y L}E _S 06:27, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as the article is well-sourced for the mechanics and background of the draft and there is at least one reliable source (the AP) who has stated it is certain to happen. If the report turns out to be false, then the article can be deleted. J. Myrle Fuller (talk) 17:58, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm going to hold off on voting one way or the other for now as during the time period of this deletion review the league will announce the timetable of any potential expansion. Not knowing the location of this potential draft is not a valid reason for deletion, in most cases an expansion draft is usually held in the same location as the yearly league draft. Deadman137 (talk) 00:07, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Per my previous comments, I now officially vote to keep this article as the draft is now a confirmed event. Deadman137 (talk) 23:00, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Update to Strong keep as the Las Vegas NHL team and thus the event's existence has now been officially confirmed. J. Myrle Fuller (talk) 20:59, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
SNOW Keep – The concerned bodies scheduled its occurrence and wrote its rules. Fdssdf (talk) 22:24, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I want to note that the article's deletion nomination occurred before many details were known. Fdssdf (talk) 22:28, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as the NHL's expansion to Las Vegas is now confirmed, and the expansion process has now been clarified and published, so any WP:CRYSTAL concerns that may have existed when this AfD was opened are now no longer valid. Ejgreen77 (talk) 22:26, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Withdrawn Uncle!!! WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 03:23, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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