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This is a confessed attack article, may meet the provisions of ], but can also go to ] otherwise. Article has false (fabricated?) info intended to disparage its subject, is not otherwise notable, is inadequately sourced, has multiple problems relating to Misplaced Pages policy, and was generated by a newly registered account with significant history of edit wars, harassment, and disruptive sockpuppet/meatpuppet edit history. ] <sup>]</sup> 07:19, 21 January 2008 (UTC)<br /> This is a confessed attack article, may meet the provisions of ], but can also go to ] otherwise. Article has false (fabricated?) info intended to disparage its subject, is not otherwise notable, is inadequately sourced, has multiple problems relating to Misplaced Pages policy, and was generated by a newly registered account with significant history of edit wars, harassment, and disruptive sockpuppet/meatpuppet edit history. ] <sup>]</sup> 07:19, 21 January 2008 (UTC)<br />
'''Speedy Delete''' - '''Comment: False (fabricated?) information ''' This article is almost 1600 words, 1300 of which are essentially "fluff" or minutiae slightly doctored up from an NCAA infractions report (is anyone ever actually going to read those 1300 words? - please use ] - if not, try to read it!) . Factual, yes, but fluff nonetheless (see ] - Statistics and News Reports). Of the remaining 300 or so words, the most important statement is "Clemson is the first and only football program to be placed on probation the year after winning a national title." The only problem with this statement is: '''It's totally false''' (which pretty much makes adding a {{fact}} tag ineffective). Even a cursory amount of research by the author would have revealed this. Perform a LexisNexis search or even cross reference the with the and in a few minutes you can easily find at least nine other instances in which an NCAA Division I Football team was reprimanded by the NCAA or placed on probation for violations preceding the team winning a National Championship (''see list of instances below - Probations After an NCAA Division I Football National Championship''). At least two of these factually refute the statement made by the author (Auburn in 1957, Texas in 1963). The difference in the remainder of the instances are largely investigation timing issues on the part of the NCAA Infractions Committee. So not only is the statement factually false (not merely inaccurate, but patently false) based on the two specific accounts, but the remaining accounts also make the statement semantically irrelevant. '''And this is the single most important statement the author attempts to make in the entire article.''' This statement was either made up by the author or quoted from an unreliable source (which the author failed to cite). I am guessing that this was an attempt to create the illusion of notability(?), besmirch the reputation of Clemson University, or both.<br /> '''Speedy Delete''' - '''Comment: False (fabricated?) information ''' This article is almost 1600 words, 1300 of which are essentially "fluff" or minutiae slightly doctored up from an NCAA infractions report (is anyone ever actually going to read those 1300 words? - please use ] - if not, try to read it!) . Factual, yes, but fluff nonetheless (see ] - Statistics and News Reports). Of the remaining 300 or so words, the most important statement is "Clemson is the first and only football program to be placed on probation the year after winning a national title." The only problem with this statement is: '''It's totally false''' (which pretty much makes adding a {{fact}} tag ineffective). Even a cursory amount of research by the author would have revealed this. Perform a LexisNexis search or even cross reference the with the and in a few minutes you can easily find at least nine other instances in which an NCAA Division I Football team was reprimanded by the NCAA or placed on probation for violations preceding the team winning a National Championship (''see list of instances below - Probations After an NCAA Division I Football National Championship''). At least two of these factually refute the statement made by the author (Auburn in 1957, Texas in 1963). The difference in the remainder of the instances are largely investigation timing issues on the part of the NCAA Infractions Committee. So not only is the statement factually false (not merely inaccurate, but patently false) based on the two specific accounts, but the remaining accounts also make the statement semantically irrelevant. '''And this is the single most important statement the author attempts to make in the entire article.''' This statement was either made up by the author or quoted from an unreliable source (which the author failed to cite). I am guessing that this was an attempt to create the illusion of notability(?), besmirch the reputation of Clemson University, or both.<br />
:* The reputation of Clemson University was besmirched quite adequately by the 70 documented violations of numerous NCAA regulations, the inaccurate statement (removed by myself) really doesn't add to this fact. ] (]) 21:02, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
'''Comment''' - The 1300 words on individual infractions were deleted by ] due to copyright issues. That pretty much leaves this article as a stub, and when you consider the false material just discussed there isn't really anything left.--] <sup>]</sup> 08:00, 21 January 2008 (UTC) '''Comment''' - The 1300 words on individual infractions were deleted by ] due to copyright issues. That pretty much leaves this article as a stub, and when you consider the false material just discussed there isn't really anything left.--] <sup>]</sup> 08:00, 21 January 2008 (UTC)


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Clemson University football recruiting scandal

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This is a confessed attack article, may meet the provisions of WP:CSD, but can also go to WP:AFD otherwise. Article has false (fabricated?) info intended to disparage its subject, is not otherwise notable, is inadequately sourced, has multiple problems relating to Misplaced Pages policy, and was generated by a newly registered account with significant history of edit wars, harassment, and disruptive sockpuppet/meatpuppet edit history. Thör 07:19, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Speedy Delete - Comment: False (fabricated?) information This article is almost 1600 words, 1300 of which are essentially "fluff" or minutiae slightly doctored up from an NCAA infractions report (is anyone ever actually going to read those 1300 words? - please use WP:COMMON SENSE - if not, try to read it!) . Factual, yes, but fluff nonetheless (see WP:NOT#INFO - Statistics and News Reports). Of the remaining 300 or so words, the most important statement is "Clemson is the first and only football program to be placed on probation the year after winning a national title." The only problem with this statement is: It's totally false (which pretty much makes adding a tag ineffective). Even a cursory amount of research by the author would have revealed this. Perform a LexisNexis search or even cross reference the College Football Data Warehouse with the NCAA Legislative Database and in a few minutes you can easily find at least nine other instances in which an NCAA Division I Football team was reprimanded by the NCAA or placed on probation for violations preceding the team winning a National Championship (see list of instances below - Probations After an NCAA Division I Football National Championship). At least two of these factually refute the statement made by the author (Auburn in 1957, Texas in 1963). The difference in the remainder of the instances are largely investigation timing issues on the part of the NCAA Infractions Committee. So not only is the statement factually false (not merely inaccurate, but patently false) based on the two specific accounts, but the remaining accounts also make the statement semantically irrelevant. And this is the single most important statement the author attempts to make in the entire article. This statement was either made up by the author or quoted from an unreliable source (which the author failed to cite). I am guessing that this was an attempt to create the illusion of notability(?), besmirch the reputation of Clemson University, or both.

  • The reputation of Clemson University was besmirched quite adequately by the 70 documented violations of numerous NCAA regulations, the inaccurate statement (removed by myself) really doesn't add to this fact. ViperNerd (talk) 21:02, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Comment - The 1300 words on individual infractions were deleted by User:B due to copyright issues. That pretty much leaves this article as a stub, and when you consider the false material just discussed there isn't really anything left.--Thör 08:00, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Probations After an NCAA Division I Football National Championship*
Team NCAA Championship/Probation Information
Notre Dame National Championship in 1953 - NCAA violations in football and basketball and NCAA reprimand after football National Championship in 1953
Ohio State National Championship in 1954 - NCAA probation for violations occurring between 1951 and 1955
Oklahoma National Championship in 1955 and 1956 - NCAA probation for two years beginning in 1955.
Oklahoma National Championship in 1985, NCAA violations and probation for three years beginning in 1988/1989 for violations occurring in 1984-1986. The initial NCAA inquiry was in 1985.
Auburn National Championship in 1957 - NCAA probation for three years beginning in 1958
Texas National Championship in 1963 - NCAA probation for 1 year starting in 1964 for recruiting violations
Clemson National Championship in 1981 - NCAA probation for 2 years starting in 1982
University of Miami co-National Championship in 1991, NCAA violations and probation for violations occurring from 1985 through 1995 (probation started in 1995)
University of Washington co-National Championship in 1991, 2 years probation starting in 1994 for infractions dating from 1987 though 1992
Florida State University National Championship in 1993, 1 year NCAA probation beginning in 1996 for activities from 1992 to 1994
*Disclaimer - there are potentially others, this was not an exhaustive search (and please forgive any minor errors - I did this on the fly)

Comment: Notability?: The next issue with this article (and potentially others like it) is its lack of notability. A quick search of the NCAA Legislative Database (referenced by the author in the article) reveals 236 "major infraction cases" in Division I football since the NCAA started keeping records on infractions in 1953. If a search is done on all Division I sports you will find 501 major infraction cases (596 major infraction cases in all NCAA sports divisions - an average of over 11 per year since 1953). In my recollection, only one has ever garnered sufficient pubic attention to warrant a standalone Misplaced Pages article, and that one was the recruiting situation with Southern Methodist University in 1987 where the NCAA invoked the 'death penalty'. Anecdotally I think the public tends to remember the teams that win National Championships and pretty much lets the recruiting problems slide (kind of how we are with our presidents and interns - that would be WP:SARCASM ;) - cigar anyone?). Of the 596 cases mentioned, what exactly is the author saying that makes this one special (besides the false statement above)? I don't see it in the article. NCAA investigations and probations are very common things (kind of like speeding tickets for colleges) which would tend to make the subject non-notable. The University of South Carolina (apparently the school favored by the author) is currently serving a three year NCAA probation for violations in its own football program. Why not an article about that one, too? Apparently, the author feels that the probation of the rival school for only two years was more significant, which tends to make this article heavily POV (could this one be considered a candidate for speedy deletion under {{db-attack}}? - this article appears to have been written only to disparage its subject). One interesting (rhetorical and common sense) question on notability here is: If you asked the fans of the teams winning National Championships whether they would trade in their National Championship trophy to erase the NCAA probation from their record, would they say YES? I would guess NOT.

If you approach the notability issue from the pure general notability guideline point of view, in my opinion the article fails to measure up for three reasons:

  • The topic has not received "significant coverage" in secondary sources (certainly none are listed by the author).
  • The number of "sources" covering the topic are limited (this is demonstrated by the lack of references listed by the author - one is the NCAA infraction report, the other is the NCAA press release detailing the infraction report).
  • There are no sources "independent of the subject" used as references in the article (note that I didn't claim that there were none available).

More importantly than the general guideline is that notability is not temporary. I'm sure there was sufficient coverage of this at the time in 1982, but who was talking about it 5 or 10 years later (other than University of South Carolina fans) much less 25 years later. How long will those same fans be talking about their current NCAA football probation (since we are looking for balance/NPOV here)? And how notable is this one to the general public considering the other 595 major infraction cases? In Misplaced Pages's own words: "Misplaced Pages is a general interest encyclopedia and so there needs to be some evidence that a subject has attracted attention beyond a small community." In this case that evidence does not exist.

Because of these notability shortcomings, I have also tagged the article with the {{notability}} template. There is little evidence that further work on this article will increase its notability, and certainly no indication that future coverage will do the same.

Comment: Bad Article Idea?: The next problem with this article stems from the numbers I mentioned above regarding NCAA infraction cases. Besides the lack of merit from the article truth, quality, and notability points of view, I think this article is a horrible idea from the NCAA Football Project point of view (can you imagine potentially having a new article each time a different NCAA infraction case comes up?) From WP:List of bad article ideas, there are several other points that might be instructive here. They are:

It would probably be a VERY, VERY good idea for some of the WikiProject College Football team members to chime in on this discussion (I will put an invitation on the project talk page). If this is the type of article that is going to be permitted, we are opening a Pandora's box of bad possibilities. This does not help the[REDACTED] project at all.

NOTE: The edit history below for this editor and suspected sockpuppets/meatpuppets is provided for use by the closing admin per WP:AFD guidelines, and we don't need to waste a lot of debate over the edit history when considering the deletion request.
Comment: Disrupting Misplaced Pages to make a point?: One of the last points that needs to be considered here is the contribution history of the author (while assuming good faith unless there is strong evidence to the contrary). Normally, only the merits of the article are relevant in deletion discussions, but WP:AFD specifically states that "it is also acceptable to note the contribution history of a new user or suspected sockpuppet as an aid to the closing admin." Reviewing the author's edit history it is clear that the author (who IS using a new user account) was previously represented by several IP addresses (either directly or as sockpuppet/meatpuppet) prior to registering for the User:ViperNerd account around 01/12/2008 and publishing this article. Some of those IP's are: 65.188.38.31, 65.188.37.65, 62.232.41.140, 66.56.149.230 201.155.32.234, 69.60.114.58, 89.96.176.162, and possibly 161.156.99.11. Combinations of these IPs have been blocked at least 6 times in a little over a month for edit warring, personal attacks, user space vandalism, disruptive edits, incivility, harassment, and general trolling. The most recent block expired on 01/14/2008 (you might notice that the author registered the new account and published the article before the expiration of his most recent IP block). When reviewing the contrib history, pay particular attention to 65.188.38.31 contribs in this deletion discussion. It is apparent from this discussion that this user did not create this article out of genuine desire to help the Misplaced Pages project. Perhaps he is disrupting Misplaced Pages to make a point? Misplaced Pages is not a battleground. Based on the use of sockpuppets/meatpuppets and the disruptive edit history, I would also suggest that this article be protected against re-creation. Again, I am reviewing the edit history of the author because WP:AFD states that it is acceptable to do so for the sake of the closing admin. It would be a good thing if this user could be brought to direct his time and energy to more productive tasks on Misplaced Pages, but he just isn't getting the point.

Given that any user can change their stripes, we have to make allowances that perhaps these IPs have registered to change their ways. The most recent edits of new User:ViperNerd don't reflect that this is the case. Three recent contribs included the following:

  • Vandalize Wiki like you did in the University of South Carolina article and your IP will be blocked. Grow up.
  • You do realize that it takes about one second to undo any childish vandalism you take your time to write? Get a life.
  • You got busted, Tater. Next time you vandalize you'll get blocked. Have a nice day.

One interesting (and humorous) point about the last edit comment is that it was directed at User:ClueBot (which was rolling back changes the author made to a semi-protected page with a new account). Pretty disruptive to harass the digital help, but I'm sure the Wiki-server won't complain about being called a "Tater". ("Tater" is a local term used disparagingly by some University of South Carolina fans against what they think are Clemson Tiger supporters).

Finally: WP:Harrassment: The final point that I will make here (whether it is taken in the context of the deletion debate or not regarding WP:AFD allowance for noting the contribution history of new users) is the harrassment issued from this user against other members of the Misplaced Pages community (and one in particular - and he doesn't deserve it). I haven't been contributing on Misplaced Pages all that long, but I can tell that there are some incredible people doing awesome things here, and they don't deserve it either. This author is a cyber bully who uses every opportunity to harass and Wikistalks those who make edits he disapproves of (including BOTs and Admins). He epitomizes the tendentious editor. If you are skeptical, please read these recent edits by the author:

Recent threatening/harassing/disruptive edit history for User:ViperNerd and associated sockpuppets/meatpuppets
I feel truly sorry for anyone who has a life as empty and pathetic as yours.
Keep apologizing, Tater. Couldn't help but notice since you were called out on it that you've tried to make it look like you care more about adding to Clemson's articles than violating the NPOV rule on Carolina's articles. Keep it up. You're being watched.
A quick Google search reveals that Clemson University had their own steroid scandal in 1985 which led to coaches being convicted and several University administrators (including the school's President!) to resign. I'll register and get to work on that article alongside another about the Clemson football recruiting scandal that led to their probation in 1982.
Thanks for clearing that up. I'll go register and get to work on the 1985 Clemson steroid scandal article and 1982 Clemson recruiting scandal article which will be factual, notable and well-documented. So I'm sure I won't have to worry about anyone deleting them for any reason. Oh, and I'll also mimic CobraGeek and place links to these 2 articles in EVERY OTHER Wiki article dealing with Clemson University, athletic-related or not.
Anyone with a pair of eyes and a half a brain can skim over the userpage of the creator of this article and see why it was written and also why no assumption of good faith should be tendered this user. They have made their agenda on Wiki QUITE clear. I could write my own attack piece on Clemson and make it well-sourced, but I have no desire to do so, because that's not what Wiki is here for...last I heard.
Actually, what I think I'll do is this. I'll register and write my own article with well-sourced, notable information and title it Clemson University Football cheating scandal. Is that really what you want here? Because that's the only fair way to go. Is that seriously what you're saying this site should degenerate into?
POV additions by avowed Clemson fans aren't needed in a USC article. Take your hate to a sports message board, it isn't appropriate for Wiki.
Please stop. If you continue to blank out or delete portions of page content, templates or other materials from Misplaced Pages, as you did to Carolina-Clemson Rivalry, you will be blocked from editing. JdeJ (talk) 15:39, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I am EDITING, take your bias away from articles that you clearly don't know the history about. You have clearly taken sides in this, and aren't suited to make any decisions regarding my edits. Removal of POV edit is clearly within Wiki rules, the added section to the Carolina-Clemson rivalry article is IRRELEVANT to the subject being discussed. You lack knowledge of the subject matter to make a call in this case. If you continue to troll my edits, I will be forced to report your actions to an admin. Go find something more useful to do with your time on Wiki.

It's all about rubbing it in for this jerk.

That pretty much makes the point clear, but there is alot more if you look. And this just keeps going on and on and on. The author pretty well confesses his intentions to generate this attack article at least four times in this recent edit history. I'm pretty sure there are few members of the Wiki community who would assume good faith on the part of this editor after viewing this contrib history. Is he disrupting Misplaced Pages to make a point? Think about the time and energy wasted by reasonable, good faith editors and Admins having to deal with this constantly. It is possible for this editor to pull back from the brink, but he needs to realize the need first. --Thör 07:23, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

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  • Comment - Can I get the abridged version? --B (talk) 07:42, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Speedy Delete - Comment - Sure. Here it is from above: This is a confessed attack article, may meet the provisions of WP:CSD, but can also go to WP:AFD otherwise. Article has false (fabricated?) info intended to disparage its subject, is not otherwise notable, is inadequately sourced, has multiple problems relating to Misplaced Pages policy, and was generated by a newly registered account with significant history of edit wars, harassment, and disruptive sockpuppet/meatpuppet edit history.--Thör 07:53, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Plus there is the issue of the 1300 copyrighted words on individual infractions from the NCAA report. Probably the worst article that I have seen on Misplaced Pages. Good catch on the copyright.--Thör 07:55, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment - Most of this reads as a complaint - legitimate or otherwise against user: ViperNerd and if his editing style and other infractions are the main subject of your concern then your report belongs elsewhere. If the concern you are raising is that he is using sock-puppets in relation to this article then that is not immediately obvious. If he is using a sock or meat puppet elsewhere then that does not assist this AfD nomination. So in the interests of helping AfD editors and admins with this request can I ask that you look again at the article alone (forgetting your concern about the author) now that B has removed the copyvio material and in just a few words tell us in your opinion what exact parts of Clemson University football recruiting scandal are fabricated? The other points of inadequate sourcing (meaning there is some sourcing) and generation by a newly registered account do not justify deletion. I will look back in and decide to nominate keep or delete once I see that material.--VS 09:37, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Okay thanks for your response which strongly suggests to me that this article should be kept on the basis that whilst there have been difficulties with it it does at this time remain a valid document that could easily be moulded into good shape; and could be expanded by interested editors.--VS 10:05, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Thanks VS, for recognizing that we've got a person here who CLEARLY has a vendetta against an editor and not a reasonable, well-thought basis for deleting an article. The LONG diatribe against me composed above pretty much bears that out, I think. And we pretty much covered much of this ground in the AfD discussion of the USC steroid article. I was told OVER AND OVER, that reasons for writing an article are not important in the least when determining its inclusion in Wiki. This article is notable based on the sheer number of violations involved and well-sourced with only the NCAA infractions report (not copyrighted material) as a reference, though I'd be happy to add some newspaper refs if the consensus is that it would somehow help. Thanks.ViperNerd (talk) 16:08, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Merge into a general article about NCAA football recruiting violations.
Bear with me on this one. Normally, I'm one of the loudest proponents of inclusionist thought when it comes to college football articles on Misplaced Pages. Until now, I didn't think there was a college football article that I wouldn't support when it came to a deletion debate. Until now.
On the surface, this would be a great subject for an article. You could construct it from contemporary news sources, histories of Clemson football (there are several), University and NCAA press releases on the subject, and generally cover the issue and put it into context. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to have been done. Again, normally that's not enough for me to write off an article. Things can be expanded, re-written, and generally improved. That's the importance of Misplaced Pages over a general encyclopedia.
For this article, however, there seems to be a great deal of "baggage" attached. We could get dragged into a long, drawn-out debate over whether it's worthy of inclusion, then about what should be included, discussions of sockpuppetry, attack articles, and the like, or we could just jump right into a compromise solution: Delete the article; there's a lot of work that needs to be done, and a rewrite would pretty much need to delete and start from the ground floor, anyway. To combat issues of notability, move the subject into a section of a general article about NCAA recruiting violations in football or some such thing. This way, an article could gradually be constructed from the ground up and eventually spun off into a separate article if and when it's good enough. JKBrooks85 (talk) 09:41, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment - Please read the 3 or 4 disclaimers about the user edit history (above). This is included per WP:AFD policy for the benefit of the closing admin only. There is no need to debate that portion of the nomination here, only the merits (or lack thereof) of the article. Thör 09:52, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • User edit history wasn't an issue in the AfD of the USC steroid scandal article (as much "attack" as this one), so I fail to see how it is an issue here. Just because you clearly don't approve of me isn't a legitimate reason to get an article I wrote deleted.ViperNerd (talk) 16:15, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment Can this AFD be rewritten (perhaps closed here and re-opened in a new version) to include only information about the article? Vipernerd (talk · contribs) is a new editor and is having problems figuring out how to contribute. In this edit I instructed him to add this article if the subject is "notable and documented". If those things are true, this cannot be an attack article. / edg ☺ ☭ 13:01, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Edgarde, you must truly be a saint to phrase that the way you did. Can I quote you on it later? Thör 15:27, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
      • Seriously, on the nom, I certainly wouldn't have a problem moving the user history to another location, it does seem to be getting into the conversation a little much, considering the number of disclaimers included above. As far as the article is concerned, it does not meet the notability guidelines for a standalone article and isn't well documented. The lack of documentation is a fixable thing, but the notability thing isn't - it isn't going to be more notable tomorrow than it is today, JMO. Thör 15:27, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
        • Misplaced Pages guidelines require me to be nicer than I actually am. Collect some diffs for the user conduct issue, and file it away for future reference. However, Vipernerd could become a good editor in the future—the contributions made in this article seem worth keeping, only not in this form—and WP:BITEing him at this time would thwart the more desirable outcome. / edg ☺ ☭ 16:04, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Merge to Clemson Tigers football. Notability in secondary sources is not sufficiently established to justify a standalone article. / edg ☺ ☭ 16:04, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep I agree that the nomination and the defense make it difficult to see what the problem is. Do I read this right? Delete the article because of an inaccuracy (it inaccurately stated that Clemson was the first football program to be sanctioned after winning a national championship)? That's it? That type of mistake can be fixed with something called "edit this page". No need to break out tables for big presentation. You don't need our permission to correct an inaccurate statement. Mandsford (talk) 13:34, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Merge to Clemson Tigers football in a NPOV and supported and referenced fashion, as is typically done with this info on other WP:CFB articles. See Oklahoma Sooners football (a GA-class article) and search for "violations". MECU≈talk 13:49, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Merge to Clemson Tigers football. Good grief, that was a long, painful nom!! - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 14:08, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
    • It was a little long, but there were so many problems with this article...where to start, where to stop? Wiki is a lot faster than writing code for me (PB & VB), so it came together pretty quick. Thanks for taking the time to read through it though. --Thör 15:07, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Speedy Delete. Attack page, no matter how you slice it or how long your nomination is. Also in before tl;dr. ViperSnake151 14:42, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep It's no more an attack article than the one written by CobraGeek about the USC steroid scandal which was defended zealously despite his long history of anti-USC contribs/edits on Wiki. As I read over and over in the AfD discussion for that dubious article, it makes no difference WHY a person writes an article for Wiki, or WHO writes it, only that it be notable and well-sourced. This article is both. Public reports like the NCAA one excerpted in the article are NOT copyrighted, and are in fact written specifically for public consumption and distribution.ViperNerd (talk) 15:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment- Someone made this point: "More importantly than the general guideline is that notability is not temporary. I'm sure there was sufficient coverage of this at the time in 1982, but who was talking about it 5 or 10 years later (other than University of South Carolina fans) much less 25 years later. How long will those same fans be talking about their current NCAA football probation (since we are looking for balance/NPOV here)? And how notable is this one to the general public considering the other 595 major infraction cases? In Misplaced Pages's own words: "Misplaced Pages is a general interest encyclopedia and so there needs to be some evidence that a subject has attracted attention beyond a small community." In this case that evidence does not exist." ALL OF THIS CAN ALSO BE STATED WITH REGARD TO THE USC STEROID SCANDAL. No one talks about it outside of the state of SC, and it is generally only brought up by Clemson fans in response to the mention of their years of cheating which landed them on probation. By the way, their probation is notable from the rest by the fact that it consisted of one of the largest lists of violations in NCAA history. So in the end I've got no problem with both of these article being deleted from Wiki, or both of them staying, it's the unbalance of having one without the other that is bothersome. Don't enforce a double standard. ViperNerd (talk) 15:56, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep We are not about likes or dislikes and friends and foes. I may not like how this article is being built but that does not give me the right to delete it! I actually have nothing to do with this article but just averting edit wars when they happen, but please enough is enough. we wasting time discussing this, go back to editing. Igor Berger (talk) 16:59, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Merge into relevant season article I realize that's a rather specific vote, here's my logic (speaking generally): If there is some baseline notability (I don't think NCAA sanctions automatically are, usually the media will tip us off to what are "major/notable" infractions), then this might warrant mention somewhere. I don't think this should be merged into any general "Clemson Tigers football" article, because its about a very specific period (although a small statement in the relevant area of a larger history section would be acceptable). Beyond one sentence, it would make sense as a sub-section of a season article (possibly a sub-section under "legacy" or similar such post-season section). If it can be expanded (legitimately) to a good size, then it might warrant its own article linked back from the relevant season page. For now, I am against merging it into a general Clemson football article, but in support of merging it into a relevant season article. I am neutral on deleting it altogether. --Bobak (talk) 17:06, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
    • As stated above, 1981 Clemson Tigers football team appears to be the season for which this team was placed on probation. / edg ☺ ☭ 17:24, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
      • Well, that is not completely accurate. The violations occurred over a period from 1977-1981, the probation was enforced through various means on the program during the 1982-1984 seasons. So it would be difficult to merge this article into just one season article. Also there is the issue of the probation which was placed on the program in 1990, I was planning to add a section to this article dealing with that. ViperNerd (talk) 17:31, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete - article was made in response to University of South Carolina steroid scandal, which certain editors objected to. Additionally, USC Trojans football makes no mention of the Reggie Bush scandal, and in the Reggie Bush article, there are only three sentences making any note of the recruiting scandal in which he was involved. Additionally, it seems that most of the effort is put forth in discrediting the 1981 National Title held by Clemson. It seems peculiar that the only years mentioned are 1977-1984, which would discredit the players that played in the national championship game (four years before the title, four years after). Zchris87v 19:21, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Why an article was made is not grounds for deletion. Also, last I checked, Southern California has not been placed on probation by the NCAA for their recruiting of Reggie Bush, so I fail to see what that has to do with this. Additionally, most of the effort was placed into detailing the numerous violations that Clemson was found to have committed during a period from 1977-1982, people can draw their own inferences about the fact that the 1981 championship season was near the end of that period of cheating. But I'm glad a Clemson fan could join this discussion just to give us their predictable "delete" vote. ViperNerd (talk) 19:25, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
    • WP:WAX may apply here, i.e. perhaps that information needs to be expanded in Reggie Bush. However, since this news appears to be only 2 weeks old, I imagine much of the effect (if there will be any) has yet to be felt, let alone made notable. None of this makes a case for deleting this article. / edg ☺ ☭ 19:43, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
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