Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nauru national soccer team


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The result was   keep, despite valid concerns about sourcing. Kubigula (talk) 16:28, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Nauru national soccer team

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Article PROD removed as being "iffy". Opening discussion.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oceania-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:16, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:17, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete unless sources can be found. The article was created by User:Matthewmayer, who is an editor in good standing, but who has not edited for over a year now. He created the article as a translation of the German article de:Nauruische Fußballnationalmannschaft. That was created by de:Benutzer:CdaMVvWgS, who is an admin on the German Wikipedia. He last edited about a month ago. I'll ask him to contribute to this discussion.- gadfium 20:32, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Striking my delete. I'm swayed by ClubOranje's argument, and while the article needs better sourcing, it does appear to be accurate.- gadfium 21:03, 14 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep I would think the national team of a real nation would be automatically notable. The article needs references, but I don't think that warrants its deletion. Also the prod was wrong, even on the [|old] version that was prodded the info box on the right indicates they have played a game. Monty 845 (talk) 08:19, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - yes it's a national team, but it's only ever played one match, and that back was in 1994! There's no claim to notability and is massively under referenced. GiantSnowman 12:50, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Weak Keep - It is a national team of an independent nation, and they have played a match. Doesn't matter they haven't played since 1994, notability is not temporary (East Germany haven't played since 1990). It was a major event for Nauru in '94, additional information is out there waiting to be dug out. Minor claim to fame is their 100% win record, which no other nation can boast!-- Club Oranje T 10:20, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep - agree with previous comment. Pelmeen10 (talk) 15:16, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - At present we have an article which claims a Nauruan team exists based on one line on a website which accepts user submitted content, rsssf. According to this nauru soccer association is not affiliated to the Nauru Olympic committee and football in Nauru is specifically discussed in this article without any mention of a national team ever having played. Stu.W UK (talk) 00:42, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. This one is different to the others in that it represents an independent nation. It needs more referencing, however. Argyle 4 Life  talk  04:10, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete No evidence that the body selecting this team has any widespread authority, and so the team has no grounds to claim that it is representative. Kevin McE (talk) 19:56, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - this seems absurd to me. It's a national team of an independent nation.  Notability is not temporary.  It should be considered on the same level as any other national team. matt91486 (talk) 20:19, 18 March 2011 (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.