Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2015–16 F.C. Halifax Town season


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The result was no consensus. There is a general disagreement about whether the fifth tier passes or doesn't pass NSEASONS and whether this particular season passes or doesn't pass GNG. I suggest the NSEASONS guideline be clarified and, if necessary, then renominate this here. (non-admin closure) Kraxler (talk) 15:28, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

2015–16 F.C. Halifax Town season

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Fails WP:NSEASONS JMHamo (talk) 16:10, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep, the same reasons as for Articles for deletion/2013–14 Chester F.C. season . Discussions should be merged. Martinklavier (talk) 07:42, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - Clear WP:NSEASONS failure, club plays below the current consensus view for a "top professional league" in England - tier 4. Although filled with numerous sources, the article still fails WP:GNG as these are, essentially without exception, all from primary sources, either the Halifax town website or the website of another club either in the same league or involved directly in a particular transfer with Halifax. There is no indication that, outside of routine match reporting, transfer talk, etc that this season has recieved sufficient, significant, reliable coverage in third party sources to satisfy GNG. Fenix down (talk) 09:15, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Professional club in a predominantly professional league. Conference clubs are included in the seasons template as well; surely if this one goes then the many other pages for the many other seasons of the many other teams must go too. Leo1802 (talk) 22:54, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:NSEASONS is pretty strict about this – only teams playing in fully professional leagues should have a season article unless the season itself meets WP:GNG. As the English fifth tier is not fully professional, and GNG is not satisfied by pure WP:ROUTINE coverage alone, no other choice but to delete the article.
 * Keep Same reasoning as this similar AfD, that being that while the article could be improved/expanded, the national and local coverage is out there for WP:GNG to be satisfied. Mattythewhite (talk) 15:30, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Long-standing consensus that we should not have season articles for non fully-professional leagues. Number   5  7  15:43, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Easily meets WP:GNG with coverage available, the article may need some improvement however. Paul    Bradbury  08:54, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NSEASONS. GiantSnowman 10:59, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - play in a predominantly professional league, and plenty of sources to meet the WP:GNG of the season as a whole. --Jimbo[online] 14:39, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - WP:NSEASONS states 'top' professional league. Largely a dump of stats and the 'timeline' section is also unencylopedic. Super Nintendo Chalmers (talk) 14:48, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
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