Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guangzhou Glorious F.C.


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The result was redirect to Mai Chao.  Sandstein  09:21, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Guangzhou Glorious F.C.

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This appears to be a non-notable soccer team that plays in the Chinese Champions League, which is China's fourth tier. Article sourcing is very weak and I can't find coverage non-routine coverage that would help to satisfy WP:GNG.— Mikehawk10 (talk) 01:28, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 03:24, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete per nom. Not in an FPL and fails GNG. No Great Shaker (talk) 04:32, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Weak delete there some coverage of the club, but mostly just brief summaries of its existence rather than substantive information. Cobyan02069 (talk) 14:52, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 17:54, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

Merge/redirect to Mai Chao, the football club's founder and head coach. The football club is close to passing Notability because it has significant coverage in one source:  This is a detailed profile of the football club. From Google Translate: "In 2016, Mai Chao and Guangzhou local entrepreneurs Mr. Chen Zhishi and Mr. Chen Xianghang jointly established the Guangzhou Glorious F.C., adhering to the development of local football, building a community-based team development concept, and revitalizing the strong sense of mission of southern football, quickly gaining Hu Zhijun, Lu Jianjun, Dai Xianrong and many other local football stars in Guangzhou." A redirect that preserves the history under the redirect will allow for a merge. It will also allow for the redirect to be undone once there is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Guangzhou Glorious F.C. to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 10:03, 11 October 2021 (UTC) 
 * Delete - no evidence of notability. GiantSnowman 12:48, 8 October 2021 (UTC
 * Merge and redirect per above - valid WP:ATD and it preserves the one really good source available on this subject Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 06:59, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect per previous arguments. SecretlyQuebecois (talk) 19:59, 13 October 2021 (UTC)


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