Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nottingham Thieves


 * 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. Wizardman 15:06, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Nottingham Thieves

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British University baseball team, seems to be a non-notable subject Flaming Ferrari (talk) 19:40, 13 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Plenty of UK amateur baseball teams have wikipedia pages, there is no reason to single this one out. The referencing needs work but the subject itself seems to pass wk:notability quite comfortably to me. Note that poor referencing or article content is not a valid reason for deletion on notability grounds. Py0alb (talk) 10:30, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I've gone in and fixed the previously dead link Py0alb (talk) 10:33, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Comment With the exception of The Boat Race UK university sport has a very low profile, even within the local community. Furthermore baseball has a very low profile as a sport. I would be surprised if you could find any sources beyond student publications, such as local or national press. Most UK university American Football articles were deleted for this reason. Flaming Ferrari (talk) 17:48, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:25, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:26, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:26, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:26, 14 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - non-notable team. Google search revealed no in-depth coverage in reliable sources at all (and hardly even any passing mentions!) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:21, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Northamerica1000(talk) 06:56, 22 February 2014 (UTC)




 * So just to clarify, are ALL university sports teams non-notable? Are we purging wikipedia of every article on university sport? If not, which sports are notable and who decides that? Is it based purely upon the personal biases of the admin in question?
 * Deleting this was extremely poor protocol, the discussion as to the notability of different sports had barely started and a consensus had clearly not been reached.

Py0alb (talk) 11:27, 24 February 2014 (UTC)


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