User talk:DrumFan4ever
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The article List of National Basketball Association team presidents has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Subject to WP:OTHERSTUFF. There is no consensus for such list at WT:NBA
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- Please see my reply on the WikiProject NBA talk page. Users showing support for the page include Zagalejo/Whoisjohngalt/MarnetteD/Sulfurboy/Eagleash/Gpkp. Moreover, a wiki article exists titled 'Category:National Basketball Association team presidents'. I was going to wait for your response before moving forward, but since you said I may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, I have gone ahead and done so. Is that okay? If not, please let us know how we can reduce friction. Thank you. -DrumFan4ever (talk) 20:09, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
- Category:National Basketball Association team presidents is not an article. In addition, other editors editing the page is not "support". Pages like this get deleted often and it does not matter how many editors made edits there. – Sabbatino (talk) 08:06, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
Nomination of List of National Basketball Association team presidents for deletion[edit]
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Concern regarding Draft:List of National Hockey League team presidents[edit]
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Your draft article, Draft:List of National Hockey League team presidents[edit]
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 00:04, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
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Nomination of Lisa Helfend Meyer for deletion[edit]
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