Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bristol Badgers


 * 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   merge to Bristol. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 19:03, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Bristol Badgers

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Contested prod. Despite searching I am unable to find any independent, reliable sources to establish the notability of this club - regardless of criteria selected. Nuttah (talk) 13:19, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 17:04, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 17:04, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:CLUB.-- Giants27 ( t | c ) 17:38, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge to a sentence or two at Bristol or a List of sports teams representing Bristol, Sports in Bristol or similar article if someone wants to create one. I think that a list of verifiable sports teams that are professional, play (or played) in national (English or British) leagues or are otherwise notable enough for their own article would be a good encyclopaedic topic, but one which would be too detailed for the main Bristol article. Thryduulf (talk) 18:09, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, without prejudice to a mention in an appropriate article. This appears to be an amateur sports club, and they are very rarely notable. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 18:32, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Admittedly I started the article so have a vested interest, but it seems some others have updated since. There are 5 references now, and it looks like 4 of them are secondary sources. I know the team has also been discussed on Heart Bristol radio, although I'm not sure the precise date nor how I should reference a radio discussion on Wikipedia (any hints?). The information on the page may be scarce at this stage, but I think it's perfectly reasonable to keep the page. If the consensus is otherwise, I'd hope it could at least be merged with a Bristol page or a British baseball page. I also note that the pages for the London Mets and Croydon Pirates have less secondary sources but have not been flagged for deletion in two years! younome (talk) 23:00, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Doesn't meet WP:N—lacks significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.  The team and BBF Web sites don't count as independent of the subject. BRMo (talk) 04:19, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge summary to Bristol for the moment. Baseball is not a major sport in Great Britain.  There is no indiucation that this is a professional club or even has an adult team, merely that it belongs to a certain league, whose status is unclear.  Before we can start having articles on individual clubs, with need articles on the leagues in which they play.  Peterkingiron (talk) 18:09, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.