Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Romani people national football team


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The result was   delete. Nja 247 06:21, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Romani people national football team

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Not notable. Stu.W UK (talk) 01:05, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. Stu.W UK (talk) 01:20, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete lacks evidence of notability. --Angelo (talk) 08:41, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment could you expand the AfD as to why this team is non-notable. --Jimbo[online] 11:27, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The team has played one match. There are photos of the match here. A google search for their alleged national association returns no notable results. Stu.W UK (talk) 11:59, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom, non-notable team. GiantSnowman 11:39, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete another article about a non-notable national football team. John Sloan @ 13:39, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment This is another of those nation-less national teams. In this case it is even more absurd as the history of the Romani is practically defined by their statelessness. Drawn Some (talk) 16:47, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep  I make my words what some guy said in another Articles for Deletion: the whole POINT of non-affiliated national sides, such as members of the NF board, is that they are non-notable, but the fact that they ARE recognised by an affiliation (in this case, NF-Board means they should stay. Furthermore, for anyone who is a fan of soccer, the passion involved in trying to get a national team together and enter it for various competitions such as the Viva Cup, the Island Games, etc etc., is fascinating in itself. I have looked at this page and all the other similar pages many times over the years I've been on Wikipedia, and as a member of a community that consults football results constantly. Also a team registered in a international federation is not less notable then the dozens of non-league teams that has a article over wikipedia --Calapez (talk) 21:06, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - not notable. I don't see why being affiliated to the NF Board makes them automatically notable, especially given that I would estimate that 99% of football fans have never even heard of this organisation -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:16, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
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