Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bristol Bullets


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 04:28, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Bristol Bullets

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Non notable British University sports team. Unlike in some other countries, British University sports teams are rarely of note even within their own institution. There are only a very small number of exceptions to this rule, largely confined to mainstream British sports such as rowing, soccer, cricket and rugby. This American Football (very much a niche interest sport in the UK) team does not appear to be one of those exceptions. A google search turns up nothing beyond sites directly related to the team and its rivals. For those unsure of the notability of British University sports teams, you might like to check the teams Flickr feed and check the typical number of spectators such games get.

A second issue is that the article is unreferenced. However, given the lack of independent or reliable sources on the subject, I don't see any prospect of being able to reference the article. Furthermore, given the article has had nothing other than trivial (e.g. updating stats, typos, categories, etc.) since its initial creation in 2005, it doesn't seem likely that anyone is going to step forward to do this work. Pit-yacker (talk) 11:05, 20 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions.  —Pit-yacker (talk) 11:05, 20 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete - fails WP:GNG. There's simply too little coverage to write a decent article on this subject. Claritas § 11:39, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per the above. Fails WP:GNG: this does not appear to be one of the rare notable British university sports teams. Pfainuk talk 12:08, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's rare for a sports team to be well known within a University, never mind away from it. There's also no references and, judging by the lack of hits away from them or rivals, anything to grant them notability. DitzyNizzy (aka Jess) &#124; (talk to me) &#124; (What I've done)  12:27, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete would be good in a local or perhaps UK sports almanac though...--Paul McDonald (talk) 12:59, 20 June 2010 (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.