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Ok, I'm googling around here and not finding much other than the initial Augusta Chronicle report and assorted republications and rephrasings. I can't even find a website for this thing. Fished in? / blahedo ( t) 02:25, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
What we need more than anything is a photo of 'Moose' Lewis —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.142.152 ( talk) 02:55, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
An anonymous editor added five of what were supposedly going to be the names of the first teams in the league, including "Harlem Honkies", "Braxton Braggs", "Charleston Chews", etc. The same editor subsequently removed those names, leaving the article as it had been before. Was this a test edit or a joke on the editor's part, or were the names possibly real? I'm not sure. Stonemason89 ( talk) 15:50, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
This is also being reported in the Weekly World News. Could that be the original source and this is all a big hoax? matt kane's brain ( talk) 19:41, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
User: Dabomb87 recently copyedited the article and, in so doing, changed the phrase "anyone of color" (which was present in the original source) to " colored people". I'm not entirely sure if we should use that phrase, given that it is sometimes regarded as offensive. Any thoughts? Stonemason89 ( talk) 22:23, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
These appeared to be promotional material and/or advertisement, so I reverted them. Stonemason89 ( talk) 14:35, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Not clear to me that this publicity stunt that has zero chance of getting off the ground or playing a single game will ever meet WP:EFFECT or WP:PERSISTENCE, but I'm willing to let it play out before making a deletion nomination under WP:NOT#NEWS. THF ( talk) 04:59, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Is it the "All-American Basketball Association" or the "All-American Basketball Alliance"? Article name says one thing, opening paragraph says another. THF ( talk) 00:25, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
User: Tom Danson recently added this article to [[Category: White supremacist groups in the United States]]; I reverted this change because I'm not sure if it's appropriate or not. While the idea behind the organization could be described as technically "white supremacist" (and it most certainly is racist), I'm not sure if it's really appropriate to include this subject in the same category as the likes of the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, Stormfront, et cetera. When most people hear the phrase "white supremacist group", they immediately think of the KKK, neo-Nazis, etc., not all-white basketball leagues. This basketball league is certainly a very weird organization, and it is discriminatory. But it's not a hate group per se, since its primary focus is on playing basketball, not on demonizing minorities. Still, I'd like a second opinion on this matter. Should this be included in [[Category: White supremacist groups in the United States]] or not? Stonemason89 ( talk) 02:21, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Given that it never happened, I'd say not. In fact, I'm not sure we should have an article on this subject at all - it seems to be a bunch of media hype about something which was obviously never going to happen. However, it was kept at AfD in March, so I'll wait a little while before nominating it again. Robofish ( talk) 03:58, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
This article was nominated for deletion on 5 November 2010 (UTC). The result of the discussion was no consensus. |
This article was nominated for deletion on 31 March 2010 (UTC). The result of the discussion was keep. |
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A fact from All-American Basketball Alliance (2010) appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the
Did you know column on 23 January 2010 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Ok, I'm googling around here and not finding much other than the initial Augusta Chronicle report and assorted republications and rephrasings. I can't even find a website for this thing. Fished in? / blahedo ( t) 02:25, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
What we need more than anything is a photo of 'Moose' Lewis —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.142.152 ( talk) 02:55, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
An anonymous editor added five of what were supposedly going to be the names of the first teams in the league, including "Harlem Honkies", "Braxton Braggs", "Charleston Chews", etc. The same editor subsequently removed those names, leaving the article as it had been before. Was this a test edit or a joke on the editor's part, or were the names possibly real? I'm not sure. Stonemason89 ( talk) 15:50, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
This is also being reported in the Weekly World News. Could that be the original source and this is all a big hoax? matt kane's brain ( talk) 19:41, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
User: Dabomb87 recently copyedited the article and, in so doing, changed the phrase "anyone of color" (which was present in the original source) to " colored people". I'm not entirely sure if we should use that phrase, given that it is sometimes regarded as offensive. Any thoughts? Stonemason89 ( talk) 22:23, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
These appeared to be promotional material and/or advertisement, so I reverted them. Stonemason89 ( talk) 14:35, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Not clear to me that this publicity stunt that has zero chance of getting off the ground or playing a single game will ever meet WP:EFFECT or WP:PERSISTENCE, but I'm willing to let it play out before making a deletion nomination under WP:NOT#NEWS. THF ( talk) 04:59, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Is it the "All-American Basketball Association" or the "All-American Basketball Alliance"? Article name says one thing, opening paragraph says another. THF ( talk) 00:25, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
User: Tom Danson recently added this article to [[Category: White supremacist groups in the United States]]; I reverted this change because I'm not sure if it's appropriate or not. While the idea behind the organization could be described as technically "white supremacist" (and it most certainly is racist), I'm not sure if it's really appropriate to include this subject in the same category as the likes of the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, Stormfront, et cetera. When most people hear the phrase "white supremacist group", they immediately think of the KKK, neo-Nazis, etc., not all-white basketball leagues. This basketball league is certainly a very weird organization, and it is discriminatory. But it's not a hate group per se, since its primary focus is on playing basketball, not on demonizing minorities. Still, I'd like a second opinion on this matter. Should this be included in [[Category: White supremacist groups in the United States]] or not? Stonemason89 ( talk) 02:21, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Given that it never happened, I'd say not. In fact, I'm not sure we should have an article on this subject at all - it seems to be a bunch of media hype about something which was obviously never going to happen. However, it was kept at AfD in March, so I'll wait a little while before nominating it again. Robofish ( talk) 03:58, 17 August 2010 (UTC)