Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1930 Speedway Northern League


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The result was keep. Daniel (talk) 08:24, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

1930 Speedway Northern League

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One of many poorly sourced articles in the "Speedway" (motorcycle racing) topic area. The only source is a blogspot blog; it appears that blog is copying content from this page that dates to 2011. Perhaps Northern League (speedway) is a redirect target, though that page has issues as well.

Deliberately a single-page nomination; will follow up with a bulk nom or redirection if appropriate. User:力 (power~enwiki, π,  ν ) 01:43, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Motorsport-related deletion discussions. User:力 (power~enwiki,  π,  ν ) 01:43, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. User:力 (power~enwiki,  π,  ν ) 01:43, 4 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Do not delete This must not be deleted, it is a valuable historic article on the second season of the British Speedway League. I find it hard to believe that it has been nominated for deletion by User:力 and I don't think too much hard work went into looking at its importance in relation to speedway in Britain or for looking for references. I will add some now. Pyeongchang (talk) 08:40, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
 * references added Four references added in a matter of minutes (three from internet) including one from the official British Speedway pages. Please note there were plenty more by using simple keywords in a Google search, I would suggest a proper search before nominating for deletion in future. Pyeongchang (talk) 09:12, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. While we do have a problem with speedway articles being poorly sourced (due to many of the editors working in this area not adding sources rather than a lack of sources existing), that doesn't justify deletion. As User:Pyeongchang has demonstrated, sources do exist, and there will certainly be a wealth of sources to be found in newspapers from the era. Speedway meetings in 1930 attracted attendances of up to 70,000 spectators, so it was certainly a major sport in Britain at the time. --Michig (talk) 10:57, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. As i created the page I am possibly biased, but in 1930, this league was the highest tier of English Speedway, it wasn't some local nondescript league. Perhaps User:力 has not understood the historical significance. I pretty much echo the thoughts of Pyeongchang and welcome his work adding the references.Rcclh (talk) 12:59, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment the GreyhoundDerby.com reference added looks good, with plenty of primary sources; however I'm not sure the content there justifies having this be a separate article from Northern League (speedway). The other references do not impress me with their quality; I'm not sure how I'm supposed to know if they copied their data from Wikipedia or not. User:力 (power~enwiki,  π,  ν ) 18:41, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep Sources exist, and it is clearly notable.Jackattack1597 (talk) 12:03, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep pre above Nitesh003 (talk) 13:52, 13 July 2021 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.