Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cherry Orchard F.C.


 * 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. No arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:06, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Cherry Orchard F.C.

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Contested prod. Unreferenced article about an amateur sporting club. No indication that it meets general notability guidelines. Lacks references to significant coverage in 3rd party sources RadioFan (talk) 15:43, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep - I'm not a soccer expert but it appears that this is a professional team playing at the highest national level of the sport in Ireland. WP:ATHLETE shows a bias to considering any professional athlete noteworthy and I'd think that would extend to professional teams.  There's no shortage of web sources and the addition of them to the article can be fixed through normal editing. - DustFormsWords (talk) 22:45, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I'd agree that a professional team would generally be considered notable but there is no indication that this is a professional team. Other teams in the same league are identified as amateur.--RadioFan (talk) 01:00, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - hence the "weak". I have to say that to a lay reader the entire network of articles on Irish football is nearly incomprehensible - it's impossible to tell which teams or competitions have a genuine following and which are just a bunch of kids on the local oval.  If anyone involved in that project reads here, it'd be great to see better indications of notability in the lead paragraphs of almost all those articles. - DustFormsWords (talk) 02:01, 14 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. TerriersFan (talk) 02:28, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - play at level 4 of the Irish football pyramid which is the emerging level for notability; the club has sufficient coverage in news sources. The club has an exceptional number of notable former players. TerriersFan (talk) 02:28, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - playing at level 4 in Ireland is enough for notability. GiantSnowman 02:31, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. The team have played in the FAI Cup, which passes the general rule of thumb for football club notability. Also, Google News provides a few hundred hits, which should be enough to pass WP:GNG. Bettia   (talk)  09:27, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep As I removed the prod because they play at Level 4 which is notable. BigDunc  10:44, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, appearance in the later stages of the FAI Cup pass notability in my opinion.--Vintagekits (talk) 10:22, 16 October 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.