Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mallala Magpies Football Club


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The result was delete.  Article can be undeleted or recreated if sufficient sources are found to establish notability. Waggers (talk) 08:05, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Mallala Magpies Football Club

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This is a non-notable amateur football club. Grahame (talk) 12:29, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions.   —Grahame (talk) 12:34, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.   —Grahame (talk) 12:34, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep 104 years of history must be traceable somehow. Some cleanup and a trip to the library could certainly rescue this article.  As a country Australian rules football club, the team would have been the social hub of the town for over 100 years and the most important sporting/cultural institution in the district.  There would almost certainly have been professional players from the club who made it to the SANFL and there could be some who made it to the VFL/AFL. Note: Adelaide Plains Football League has links to a range of clubs and articles not any more developed than this one. -- Mattinbgn\talk 12:56, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment- I was about to go weak keep as I lean towards being an inclusionist. My problem at present is lack of any WP:RS to establish WP:N. If going by WP:ORG then, "Organizations whose activities are local in scope are usually not notable unless verifiable information from reliable independent sources can be found." So a trip to the library might bring something to light? I'll wait before I cast my vote.--Sting  Buzz Me...   22:53, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete, keeping User:Mattinbgn's comments in mind, but there does not appear to be any secondary sources on this club that I can find. Will cheerfully change my !vote if a trip to the library turns something up.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 08:55, 22 May 2008 (UTC).
 * Delete - amateur team that plays in a local league. Length of existence is no indication of notability. What is required are reliable secondary sources that cover the club non-trivially and there are none. Fails WP:N. TerriersFan (talk) 21:47, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep I respect the delete comments above and would normally concur - however Adelaide Plains Football League is a notable league and in my view Mallala Magpies Football Club as one of 5 founding members, with 104 years of continuing history and 16 premierships is enough to keep. Please note I have since referenced the above facts also within the article from 3rd party sources - although I agree with Mattinbgn that a trip to the Mallala library would assist with further references - and probably the linking of notable football players who initially came from Mallala.-- VS  talk 01:04, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * PS I wonder if a note to the original creator of this article (who appears to still be around) by the nominator Grahame might assist?-- VS talk 01:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - We have many leagues in many sports where the individual teams are not notable. Winning a local league doesn't meet WP:N. The sources that you have helpfully added support WP:V but we need something more to confer notability. Has it won a state championship? Has it had substantial coverage in reliable sources? The hope that something might turn up in a library search simply doesn't cut it. TerriersFan (talk) 02:31, 29 May 2008 (UTC)


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