Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Australia national schoolboy baseball team


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The result was   redirect to Australian schoolboys.  MBisanz  talk 01:15, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Australia national schoolboy baseball team

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A non-notable schoolboy team. Baseball is a minor sport in Australia and school level baseball receives no coverage in the mainstream press. While I am aware that Australia national schoolboy rugby union team exists, frankly I don't see that as a valid Wikipedia topic either. Mattinbgn\talk 00:55, 10 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions.  -- Mattinbgn\talk 00:58, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and delete template:Australia_schoolboys_(baseball)_roster at the same time for both general notability and BLP issues (there's no need to name these kids in any article). Nick-D (talk) 06:21, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. No independent evidence of notability, fails WP:ATHLETE and WP:GROUP. WWGB (talk) 10:17, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep Merge. It actually passes WP:ATHLETE and WP:GROUP has nothing to do with it, it is not a company or organisation! It is the highest level of secondary school representation. No different to Rugby Union schoolboys and Rugby League schoolboys, they get no more media coverage than the baseball schoolboys. These aren't 'kids' either, as many of them are professional athletes signed to minor league and college teams in the States. I don't know where you live, but baseball, particularly the top division competition (Major A) and the Claxton Shield receives radio coverage and local news highlights, even more so in the states of Victoria and Western Australia. Perhaps you would prefer it if it was merged into this already present article? Along with Rugby Union schoolboys and Rugby League schoolboys. Why not? - JRA WestyQld2 (talk) 02:51, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The existance of other, similarly poor articles isn't a reason to keep this one. See WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  15:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge the articles then, the concept of schoolboys national representative teams are surely notable if they don't warrant a seperate article each. - JRA WestyQld2 (talk) 02:54, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nominator's reasoning, and don't forget to delete the template too! Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  15:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  17:22, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to Australian schoolboys. The article is notable and if it can't be kept it should be merged. —Borgardetalk 03:21, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I appreciate WP:ATHLETE is a guide only but it appears to fail it. It may be the highest level of secondary school representation but that does not equate to the "highest amateur level of a sport". It's telling that this sporting group appears to attract little or no coverage outside of Australian baseball circles.  Coverage or notability of other Australian baseball activity eg. Claxton Shield isn't relevant to this debate.  And I'm not a rugby fan! Murtoa (talk) 03:39, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. High level, national competition team. References to teams and tournaments played found in google search makes it notable to me. Coastalsteve984 (talk) 06:35, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment But there's no assertion that they actually play against other nations, so I don't know what "national competition team" means. The article quotes their 2007 tour pitted them against club, college and scout teams, but not other national teams.  Google search fails to reveal mainstream coverage; just internal baseball sites from what I could see. Murtoa (talk) 12:06, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to Australian schoolboys - not enough coverage on its own to establish notability, but probably worth a mention with the other teams. Lankiveil (speak to me) 23:45, 13 December 2008 (UTC).


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