Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irish Long Distance Swimming Association


 * 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. In all respect, the author also requested deletion in good faith, so WP:CSD tangentially applies also. I would not recommending opposing future recreation. –MuZemike 00:19, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Irish Long Distance Swimming Association

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 * Queried speedy delete. I received this message asking for it to be undeleted: Anthony Appleyard (talk) 06:03, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * hi anthony. if the page really doesn't belong on wikipedia, that is ok with me, i have no affiliation with the ILDSA.  the ILDSA is important to the open water swimming community and the marathon swimming community because it provides observers to ride along on the swimmer's escort boat to certify that swimmer has meet all the regulations during the crossing.  The ILDSA is also important because it keeps records of the results.  Swimming the irish channel is a monumental achievement in open water swimming. It has been swum by notable people, including Alison Streeter as mentioned in her Honoree page the website of International Swimming Hall of Fame. http://www.ishof.org/honorees/2006/Alison%20Streeter.htm  The Irish Channel is currently known as the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland) Candotoo (talk) 01:09, 17 June 2010 (UTC) Candotoo (talk) 01:22, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete A tenuous association with notable athlete(s) does not confer notability. Csrwizard (talk) 06:41, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * to be clearer, i do not propose an association between notable athletes and the ILDSA. Instead I meant to propose that the ILSDA is important in the open water swimming community because it serves in an officiating capacity for one of the the most difficult channel swims in the world, the North Channel (formerly Irish Channel) swim crossings of the North Channel (Irish Channel).  But is the North Channel really considered a major challenge in the open water community??? If not, then the ILDSA may not merit a wiki page.  But in fact the North Channel is a major challenge, comparable to - if not more difficult than -- swimming the English Channel.  To establish this, i pointed out that the International Swimming Hall of Fame has included North Channel Crossings in their biographical sketch of their Honoree Alison Streeter. Candotoo (talk) 04:48, 19 June 2010 (UTC) Candotoo (talk) 01:22, 22 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:29, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
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 * Object While i object to the deletion of the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association ILDSA, would a page title something like Open Water Swimmming in Ireland be more suitable? Candotoo (talk) 04:48, 19 June 2010 (UTC) Candotoo (talk) 01:22, 22 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment. The title is not the issue, the lack of sources showing how WP:GNG is met is. Nuttah (talk) 19:22, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete The absence of sources makes establishing notability unlikely. Nuttah (talk) 19:22, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fails WP:GNG / WP:ORG Codf1977 (talk) 15:07, 24 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.