Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barnsley League


 * 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 Delete. —Quarl (talk) 2007-01-03 07:45Z 

Barnsley League

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There are simply no verifiable sources to confirm that this league exists. It doesn't appear to have its own website, isn't listed on FA Full Time or Football Mitoo, the two main non-league portals, and a Google search turns up nothing relevant ChrisTheDude 08:56, 29 December 2006 (UTC)


 * This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related deletions. ChrisTheDude 08:56, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

KRBN 13:34, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as nominator ChrisTheDude 08:56, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. MER-C 11:59, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete The best I could find was a token mention on a fan run pyramid site, simply not notable. One Night In Hackney 12:47, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - no reference to it in recent non-league printed publications either. - fchd 12:56, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom - couldn't find any "official" mention of the existence of this.  SkierRMH 01:30, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment - if this article is to deleted why an other article about a regional league in Greece was kept (I nominated it for deletion). The result was keep. Just read Articles for deletion/Achaia Football Clubs Association. An argument which helped it a lot to be keep is that articles about English regional league such as Burnsley exist. If you delete this article, you must delete articles about Achaia.
 * Comment The key point being debated in this particular AfD, however, is not whether the Barnsley League is notable enough for an article but rather the fact that nobody can prove it actually exists. If its existence can't be proved then it has to be deleted as per WP:V, irrespective of what other leagues might or might not have articles..... ChrisTheDude 12:22, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - the league exists see here for example. TerriersFan 21:40, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - but (see the article's talk page) that is the only reference we can find anywhere to this league. Do you have a list of clubs or anything? - fchd 22:18, 2 January 2007 (UTC)


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