Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Araz Naxçivan


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   keep. Staxringold talkcontribs 00:54, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Araz Naxçivan

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Does not appear to be a notable club, see WP:ORG. PROD removed by creator with no comment. Stifle (talk) 08:14, 25 August 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:31, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions.  -- Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:33, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Undecided. Maybe the fact that they have been national champions (and more than once) might be a claim for notability? Could someone assist by specifying which are the notability thresholds for futsal teams? McMarcoP (talk) 09:56, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. GiantSnowman 12:47, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - article claims that the team has won the Azerbaijani top-futsal league 5 times, and the club is notable enough to get its own page on the UEFA website. GiantSnowman 12:49, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - Would this article pass WP:GNG? Spiderone  12:50, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  20:59, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Note: Relisted as there isn't enough discussion yet, so it is relisted again. Last chance. -- JForget 21:02, 7 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment - I have added two references to show notability. Interestingly, one of them confirms that Araz Naxçivan began its life as an association football team. However, following non-payment of fees during the 2001-02 season, they were removed from the Azerbaijan Premier League. This would mean that the team passes WP:ATHLETE. GiantSnowman 14:54, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. I fail to see how any sporting team playing in a continent-wide tournament could not be considered an appropriate subject for an encyclopedia article. Phil Bridger (talk) 20:38, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Phil Bridger and GiantSnowman's discovery. matt91486 (talk) 05:22, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Simply claiming to win a national title, one of GiantSnowman's arguments, is not enough imo. Anyone can claim anything, it has to be verifiable. The UEFA website otoh verifies that the club has played in the UEFA Futsal Cup, which establishes notability. 94.212.31.237 (talk) 13:36, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
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