Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2014–15 Guernsey F.C. season


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The result was   delete. Sam Walton (talk) 23:12, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

2014–15 Guernsey F.C. season

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There is a long-standing consensus that in a similar vein to players (WP:NFOOTY), season articles are only appropriate for clubs that play in fully-professional leagues. Guernsey F.C. play four levels below the lowest such league in England. Previous examples of AfDs here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. All these AfDs were for season articles for clubs playing at a higher level in the pyramid than Guernsey.

The article was prodded, but prod removed with rationale that "This club is a notable club as seen by the sources provided for the references as they are the only Major club in the Channel Islands and they are a non-english team playing in the English league system they are also notable due to their status." The fact that the club is notable is not in dispute – the issue is that season articles are not deemed so at this level. Note also that one of the AfDs listed above was for Colwyn Bay F.C., who are another non-English club playing in the English pyramid, so being a non-English club is not deemed especially notable. Number  5  7  19:06, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 19:09, 14 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - no evidence of notability. GiantSnowman 19:10, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - I agree with nominator, that editor explained very well, and I agree with vote above ("no evidence of notability"). Also this article is list of stats only and lacks informative text and there is no evidence in article that support something special occurced that season, making it notable. Even if article gets some text added it is not notable, since there is no evidence of notability. QED237&#160;(talk) 19:51, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete as no evidence of notability. – Davey 2010 •  (talk) 21:05, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - This season is notabe it has recieved wider coverage in reliable third party sources for example the BBC. The reports for the matches are not simply taken from the club itself. The club is also the first and only team from the Channel Islands to complete in the English League system, they are also the first and only club from the Channel Islands to compete in Football Association organised competition such as the FA Trophy and the FA Cup. The club matches are used as a tourist attraction by the tourism authorities of Guernsey and can be seen here and matches are covered by the BBC as can be seen here, also other special in season requirements which only affect Guernsey F.C are covered by the BBC as can be seen here. There is also coverage of notable season events covered by independent and reliable sources as can be seen here and here. Sport and politics (talk) 10:24, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - Current consensus is that clubs in non-FPL|fully professional leagues are not notable enough to justify their own season article unless significant sourced prose can be found to satisfy GNG. There is no sourced prose whatsoever in this article. The sources notes above by Sport and politics do not assist in satisfying GNG for the following reasons:
 * - this is an article on the club not the 2014-15 season.
 * - this is WP:ROUTINE match reporting, the sort very brief report which exists for almost every club in the UK playing above county level. Current consensus is that this is insufficient for GNG, articles need to be provided that discuss the season in a wider context than individual matches.
 * - whilst this relates to the 14-15 season, it does not justify a standalone article, a sentence in the club article would suffice to convey all relevant information.
 * - This does not relate to the 2014-15 season, and is in itself pure speculation. Guernsey's fixture congestion in the 2013-14 season can be covered with a couple of sentences in the club article.
 * - again deals with fixture pile up in the 2013-14 season, so not relevant to the 14-15 season. Fenix down (talk) 11:43, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete: No sources in the article, and the ones thrown up here all are casual mentions and/or run afoul of WP:ROUTINE. Sorry, no seegar.  Nha Trang  Allons! 19:42, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
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