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The result was Merge to team articles.. MBisanz ^talk 01:51, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

National Basketball Association Cheerleading[edit]

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There does not seem to be an NBA Cheerleading League. This is simply a list of NBA cheer squads. The info could be merged into team articles where warranted. Dbrodbeck (talk) 20:22, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I think the other AfDs should be mentioned with the others being nominated: WP:Articles for deletion/Canadian Football League Cheerleading, WP:Articles for deletion/MLB Cheerleading, WP:Articles for deletion/NHL Ice Dancers. Zappa O Mati 21:04, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea, thanks. Dbrodbeck (talk) 21:17, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge each cheerleading squad into their respective teams' articles. Jrcla2 (talk) 19:04, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Content of the article can be cleaned up, but NBA cheerleaders do exist are are notable. WP:UGLY is not a reason to delete. Sources mention their early beginnings in the NBA with groups like the Laker Girls at ESPN, Boston being the last team to get cheerleaders USA Today Bloomberg book by Rick Pitino, background of the individuals Christian Science Monitor Sports Illustrated, male NBA dancers book. A list of all the teams' cheerleader squad names is notable to include here.—Bagumba (talk) 00:11, 18 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The nominator's concern that there is no "NBA Cheerleading League" has been addressed. The lead was reworded to have the article be about the cheerleaders in the NBA and not a league of cheerleaders.—Bagumba (talk) 00:22, 18 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, LlamaAl (talk) 22:52, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. Merge content to articles regarding respective NBA parent teams per Jrcla's comment above. Even if two or more of these cheerleading squads are deemed to marginally notable per WP:ORG and/or WP:GNG, there is neither enough suitable content nor encyclopedia value to justify stand-alone Wikipedia articles. A two or three-sentence paragraph within the parent NBA team articles would be about the right amount of coverage that these subjects merit. To quote WP:GNG, technical satisfaction of the notability guidelines is "not a guarantee . . . that a subject is suitable for inclusion." Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:01, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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