Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2007 SCSSRU Premier Division Grand Final


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The result was Delete. Xoloz 13:29, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

2007 SCSSRU Premier Division Grand Final
This is an article on a non-notable subject. Albatross2147 13:37, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral comment. Per WP:JNN, "simply stating that the subject of an article is not notable does not provide reasoning as to why the subject may not be notable". Secondary sources cited seem to suggest notability. Dbromage  [Talk]  00:18, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral comment. Please explain how this page is WP:NN--RockerballAustralia 07:34, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Self evidently non-notable I would have thought. It's a provincial junior match in an minor competition between two schools. The sport played is relatively minor compared to say Rugby League in the SC area. The game is hardly of an historic nature with no notable players. It is unlikely to be written about in 10 years time even in a book covering only the great games of the SCSSRU. It is a vanity article of interest only to the players, some of their parents etc.. At best it should be mentioned in a section covering the 2007 season in an article on the SCSSRU. The quoted secondary sources would be par for the course in a provincial area. The newspaper copy and photos were probably supplied by the school or a parent - I get the same sort of coverage or better in the local meeja using the same methods (ie supply copy and digital photos) for the activities my kids are involved in (even making the front page of the Daily Tele once). It's a no brainer these days. If this article stays we are going to see vanity articles for thousands of Little League baseball games. I am not a deletionista by the way and would not argue that an article on the SCSSRU should be deleted. Albatross2147 23:12, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * You make some interesting points. The SCSSRU Premier Competition is considered to be a tough competition by the QRU. As for your comment about Rugby Union being relatively minor compared to Rugby League on the Sunshine Coast is misguided. Coverage of the event was not doe solely by local media. Reference number 2 on this page refers to the video of the game. It was not produced by a local. Finally as to your statement as to whether the game would apear in a book about the greatest games in the SCSSRU, I can't see where you are coming from with it. I doubt you were there. --RockerballAustralia 08:31, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The article does not provide any clues as to why the game is in any way notable? I mean The first fifteen minutes was full of penalties against Grammar. Well that's an unusal event in RU - not. The TV coverage was so far as I can see limited to the provincial TV news - they cover two came toads having a race to to a puddle on a slow news night. It wasn't like the lads went the biff and the resultant all-in with spectator participation made the national news. (Now that would have made the game notable.) I realise that the point I was making about the game not even being notable enough for anything beyond a minor reference in a book solely about the SCSSRU has gone over your head so I leave that to lie. And of course I wasn't at the game. Like most of the Australian population I wouldn't cross the road to watch RU: vide the average crowd at SRC games to date: 2483 - hardly a paying proposition. Albatross2147 13:29, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 03:35, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - schools rugby union has no public profile in the area and there is nothing in this article to assert any notability about the game itself. The presence of secondary sources are needed to establish notability but don't guarantee notability; the subject itself must also be notable. See here for a relevant discussion. TerriersFan 03:53, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unencyclopedic, non-notable event. Keb25 04:15, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - NN. Spawn Man 07:42, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
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