Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Loyola College Rugby Football Club


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The result was   merge to Loyola College in Maryland. (non-admin closure) treelo  radda  00:14, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Loyola College Rugby Football Club

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This is about a "club" team - it is different from other college sports because it is indepedent of the NCAA and the university's athletic department. See http://www.loyola.edu/athletic/ - the "Intercollegiate Athletics" link goes to the teams supported by athletic department. Rugby is in the "Recreational Sports" section and is a club team.

I cannot find any outside media sources devoting any attention to this team

Perhaps most important, I do not see any other Wikipedia articles about other teams.

In summary I feel it fails notability. Omarcheeseboro (talk) 10:01, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.   -- the wub  "?!"  11:15, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete fails notability criteria.--Boffob (talk) 13:59, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bc_rugby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfield_University_Men%27s_Rugby_Football_Club http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemson_Rugby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:College_rugby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_rugbyInterzil (talk) 16:26, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Is this what you are looking for?


 * Okay, I stand corrected. I apologize for that. There are still no outside sources included in this article to assert notability.  The one external reference says nothing about the Loyola Rugby team.  The loyala.edu links say nothing about the Rugby team either. Thank You --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 18:17, 11 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.   --  Double Blue  (Talk) 20:35, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to Loyola College in Maryland, the content makes sense there and can be expanded until there are sufficient reliable sources to justify an independent article and the redirect there is useful to readers. Double Blue  (Talk) 20:37, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Rugby is not a sanctioned NCAA sport, and is played, as a result, by clubs at the college level.  It is notable for that fact, and Loyola's rugby club has a claim of notability on that basis.  I would suggest an expansion tag be placed on the article for more sourcing.Yachtsman1 (talk) 22:43, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * So every single club team at every single University is notable enough for a Wikipedia article? --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 14:49, 12 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Merge and Redirect to Loyola College in Maryland. Content can be expanded there until such time that sufficient third party reliable sources exist to justify its own article.  --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:45, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge and Redirect to Loyola College in Maryland, obviously. TerriersFan (talk) 15:55, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * keep Run checks on the cited sources to check for legitimacy. If poor, edit. The Loyola College in Maryland article is very poor, and it will only burden it.Interzil (talk) 20:45, 12 October 2008 (UTC)


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