Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Appalachian State Cycling Team


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The result was delete.  Majorly   (hot!)  20:49, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Appalachian State Cycling Team

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Non-notable college club. No reliable sources to confer any notability. It also appears to have many conflict of interest issues. By their nature, almost all clubs and organization of individual college campuses are not notable outside of the community of the college. Metros232 14:30, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per above, or, if sources can be found, merge into the university's article. RJASE1 Talk  14:47, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Do you think it's notable enough to be merged? I'm not sure if we should put sections in the university's article about every club or organization on campus.  Metros232 14:48, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I would say so only if the sources establish notability for the team in itself (i.e. national awards, etc.). Otherwise just delete it. RJASE1 Talk  14:50, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:N. The proper merge target would be an article about the university's athletics program, but that's not common for a small school, rather something like Ohio State Buckeyes. YechielMan 15:53, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello, I created the page. Please tell me how to help in making it more credible. I could find some newspaper articles from our campus to show the team's involvement and awards from the past few years. I created the page after seeing that other teams, such as pro teams like Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team, had pages too. I just want to explain how a club sport competes and give people a general idea about competitive cycling on a non-varsity college level. Thank you for your help. -Appstatecycling — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.87.234.98 (talk • contribs)
 * But campus newspapers won't assert the notability of the organization outside the campus. Metros232 03:56, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Ok. Any advice for improving this page to prevent deleting by wikipedia? -appstatecycling — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.87.234.98 (talk • contribs) 23:13, April 14, 2007 (UTC)

I think that anyone familiar with competitive collegiate cycling would assert that culb teams that compete in regional conferences, national championships, and world university games are viable beyond the bounds of their campus. Moreover, the aforementioned classification of the ASU Cycling team as "non-notable" is laughable as it has produced several professional cyclists in the recent past who have raced on both the domestic and international level. Furthermore, by participating in a sport sanctioned by USA Cycling, the national governing body of competitive cycling in the United States, the questioning of the "viability" of such an organization as ASU Cycling indicates that you have little if any understanding of the weight that USA Cycling carries as the body that determines which cyclists will represent the United States at World Championship events and the Summer Olympics. Although I understand the concern that Wikipedia has about the posting of articles that are not of "encyclopedic relevance," an article about the Appalachian State University cycling team, one of the most decorated collegiate cycling programs in the Southeast, is clearly more relevant and informative than an entry on the Super Soaker water gun. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.17.68.6 (talk • contribs) 16:51, April 16, 2007 (UTC)


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