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Former good article nomineeNational Basketball Association was a Sports and recreation good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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In the short section "Controversies and Criticism", the link to Havervold, Kale's article "The Darkest Moments in the History of the NBA" is broken. However, that article has been archived here: https://web.archive.org/web/20191013163753/https://www.sportsbreak.com/nba/the-darkest-moments-in-the-history-of-the-nba/ Please change the reference to include the archive link. It takes a while to load. DavidGries (talk) 11:19, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinates versus Coaches

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Why are the coordinates of the arena considered an important piece of information on the list of teams? Wouldn't a listing of current Head Coaches make more sense and be more in line with how other sports are formatted? Hawksfan7358 (talk) 22:09, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hawksfan7358: I agree that there is no reason to list coordinates. I guess it would be best if this was asked at WT:NBA since more editors will probably see it. – sbaio 15:22, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 28 February 2024

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved the subtopic articles. There is consensus that National Basketball Association should remain as it is, as indiciated in MOS:ACROTITLE. While there are comments to rerun the other articles separately, there is a consensus to move the other articles listed in here, per WP:CONCISE and WP:SHORTFORM. – robertsky (talk) 12:42, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

– Per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:CONCISE. Unanimously all sources call the league "NBA". ScarletViolet (talk • contribs) 12:30, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Basketball has been notified of this discussion. -- ZooBlazer 06:47, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: WikiProject Sports has been notified of this discussion. -- ZooBlazer 06:48, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support all – the same case with FIFA. Those who oppose, what do non-English speaking people call it? You never see English speakers refer FIFA as Fédération internationale de football association, so why should NBA?
SpacedFarmer (talk) 11:34, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is English Wikipedia. It's out of scope what non-English speakers call the National Basketball Association. —Bagumba (talk) 16:27, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
—⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 05:53, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Semi-protected edit request on 15 July 2024

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When discussing the NBA it should be edited to reflect that it's referring to a men's only league. The rhetoric does not clarify that clearly while reading it. It's barbaric to assume it refers to men only.

It should also reflect the history of gender exclusivity and the development of the women's league as women's rights improved 2604:3D08:B77D:C300:F182:1B9C:238:BAEE (talk) 08:19, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Men's" added back to lead in line with prior discussion at WT:NBA. All the rest is POV-pushing and will not be added. oknazevad (talk) 14:04, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The NBA does not enforce a men's only policy. For example, Luisa Harris was selected in the 1977 NBA draft.—Myasuda (talk) 14:49, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ann Meyers tried out for the NBA.—Bagumba (talk) 15:39, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Oknazevad: Can you link to the prior discussion? Thanks. —Bagumba (talk) 15:40, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Trying to find it in the WT:NBA archives. I remember the discussion, and the big thrust was that the 70s examples are irrelevant as they are from decades before the establishment of the WNBA. The NBA is de facto a men's league. It's a plain fact. oknazevad (talk) 19:36, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Characterizing the NBA as a men's league is simply wrong, regardless of any prior discussion. It gives the erroneous impression that women are forbidden from playing in the NBA. If there was a woman with Chamberlain or Jordan type skills, the league would have no problem with her sitting on any team's roster. There are age restrictions regarding draftees, but no gender based rules regarding who can be admitted to the league. It's not the MNBA -- just the NBA.—Myasuda (talk) 00:52, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correct location for Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks

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PROCEDURAL CLOSE
This is an issue affecting multiple related articles, and fragmented discussions are unhelpful for finding consensus, so a single discussion is best handled in a centralized venue, in this case WT:NBA#Brooklyn Nets location... again. Left guide (talk) 21:18, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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According to the individual pages for these two teams, the locations are listed as Brooklyn, New York for the Nets and New York, New York for the Knicks, which match what's listed on this page. So, should they remain as is, or should the location for the Nets be changed to New York City as well, since Brooklyn is a borough of the city? Alielmi1207 (talk) 13:22, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was just about to make a topic on this. I believe we should change the location as "Brooklyn" is not an official city. I made an edit which I realized should have been discussed first, but it was reverted...Banan14kab (talk) 21:18, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If it's decided to change the location from "Brooklyn" to "New York " on this page, then it should be updated on the Brooklyn Nets page as well. Assadzadeh (talk) 12:28, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Longstanding consensus is to use "Brooklyn". In addition, you also created the same discussion at Talk:Brooklyn Nets#Location, which is in violation of WP:MULTI (I am talking about Banan14kab). – sbaio 14:59, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For background, are there past relevant discussions on this topic? —Bagumba (talk) 16:02, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Talk:Brooklyn_Nets/Archive_1#Home_city_location_for_the_Brooklyn_Nets was the last major discussion. For my 2¢, it should stay "Brooklyn" because the field is "location", not "city", and there's nothing wrong with being more specific, which Brooklyn is. oknazevad (talk) 17:32, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the link. I don't think I would have known to look under the archive page nor known that it existed. Assadzadeh (talk) 19:02, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I can understand if it is the consensus. However to your second point: I did not realize nor did I intentionally post to cause violations. I simply put topics on both talk pages because I had edited on both pages. I’m not an admin so I do not have all these policies in my mind of course. And for “asking the same question from time to time” comment on the Brooklyn Nets talk page, this is not intentional as well. I edit and ask as I go. I don’t intend to cause “disruption”.Banan14kab (talk) 18:16, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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