Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dorchester Sports


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The result was delete. --Core desat 03:06, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Dorchester Sports

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This article is about a football (soccer) team which was only formed this summer and has therefore played no more than about three competitive matches in its entire history. Additionally, the club plays in the Dorset Senior League Division 4, which is at level 16 of the English football league system, way below what WP:FOOTBALL has deemed notable. Whilst there are lots of Ghits for the words "Dorchester Sports", I couldn't find anything that relates to this team, therefore it fails WP:N and WP:V. NB Contested prod ChrisTheDude 20:34, 22 August 2007 (UTC)


 * This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related deletions. ChrisTheDude 20:34, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Unless they have an extraordinary cup run, won't be notable for at least six seasons. No other club in their league has their own entry. I wouldn't object to a one-paragraph summary of the clubs on the league's page though (although wouldn't support a merge of this article without similar entries for the other clubs) —  iride scent   (talk to me!)  23:43, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Definitely non-notable - they can't have a cup run as teams from that division aren't allowed to enter the FA Cup. Number   5  7  08:34, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Would anyone object (would be ok) if there was a mere few lines on the club? Would that be enough not to delete? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SAFE SAINT (talk • contribs).
 * The problem there is that Wikipedia has a notability policy, which all articles must meet, which states that "A topic is presumed to be notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject." I can find no evidence that your team has received any form of coverage, therefore it doesn't meet the primary requirement of Wikipedia..... ChrisTheDude 11:24, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * As I say above, I personally think the way to go is to have a table for each lower league, with a paragraph on each team; but that's my personal opinion and most definitely not consensus —  iride scent   (talk to me!)  11:32, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I like the sound of that idea, personally, but there's the issue of sourcing, of course, as I can't find any reliable sources that confirm anything about the Dorchester Sports club other than the fact that it exists, and I suspect the same would be true of most other clubs at a similar level of the pyramid..... ChrisTheDude 11:36, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Presumably all you'd need to fill it in though would be a leaf through the back pages of the "Dorset News". Not sure how far down the pyramid Rothmans goes but they might have at least one-liners as well —  iride scent   (talk to me!)  11:42, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - This article cannot surviove as it is. An alternative might be to make the opening paragraph (only) a section of an article "Sport in Dorchester", but stripped of the "expectations" where are a mere WP:POV.  Peterkingiron 17:25, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
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