Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Niagara Power


 * 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   keep. Not the strongest case for notability, and I'm not ecstatic about some of the rationales offered to keep the article, but it can't fairly be said that the case for deletion is so strong as to require closing this discussion against the numerical consensus. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  15:56, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Niagara Power

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Amateur baseball team in an amateur league. Was previously deleted (via WP:PROD). I cannot find that they won any awards, have been mentioned in sports almanacs, or had any news articles written about them (though you should expect that their results may be published as for most amateur teams). No significant coverage by reliable sources Peripitus (Talk) 22:50, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: Merely being an amateur baseball team does not make the subject lack notability. Precedent is found in the pages for comparable leagues (Cape Cod Baseball League, New England Collegiate Baseball League, Coastal Plain League) which have a page for each team, despite being amateur leagues like the NYCBL.  As for the news articles, I don't know which means you used to search, as I found an abundance with a simple Google News search.  I used one as a source in my edits to the article and here are links to several more. (Civic Issue Pertaining to Team, with mention of team, Team "Help Wanted"-Type Need, promulgated by newspaper, Team's move to Niagara, Individual Game Coverage, More Individual Game Coverage, Feature on a team player)  This seems to satisfy the "significant coverage by reliable sources" issue.  The team's significant press coverage (which I have just demonstrated) satisifies WP:GNG- "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article."


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:28, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The NYCBL is a notable summer collegiate league, so vicariously the Niagara Power is notable enough for an article. Alex (talk) 03:37, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Move. Whatever the merits of an amateur baseball team are, the better main article for this title should have a reference to the Niagara Power Project of the New York Power Authority.  All of the main Google news searches going back 100+ years refer to power generation on a series of plants at Niagara Falls for that; the baseball team should get at best Niagara Power (baseball team).  Edward Vielmetti (talk) 06:48, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Would the most appropriate target be the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant ? Peripitus (Talk) 07:11, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Timotheus Canens (talk) 00:43, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 03:30, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge to New York Collegiate Baseball League. Also, move the redirect page to Niagara Power (baseball)) per Edward Vielmetti. BRMo (talk) 19:19, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Niagara Power is one of the earliest hydroelectric projects in North America, it is not a baseball team. 76.66.197.17 (talk) 05:31, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep the article has references showing that the subject is notable. --Webley455 (talk) 03:45, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete the team is not notable, although I am convinced that a perfectly good article can and should exist at this title for the Niagara Power Project. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  05:56, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Amateur baseball articles are notable here. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:13, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep It is a team in a notable league. Sources do exist to expand the article. As for the name, move this article to Niagara Power (baseball), leave a disambig page at Niagara Power pointing to the baseball team, Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant, and New York Power Authority (or Niagara Power Project if someone creates it). Wine Guy   Talk  08:39, 13 January 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.