Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Royal Canoe Club


 * 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The result was   withdrawn by nominator. References have been added since the article was nominated. Hellno2 (talk) 02:03, 17 June 2008 (UTC) (non-admin close)

Royal Canoe Club

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Local club that has no references, just a single external links to the club's own site. Even though the article states that the club is more than 140 years old, age is not a free pass to notability, and there are no references provided to back this up. The article also states that various Olympic athletes and other high-profile persons have been involved with the club, but once again, this is not backed up with anything but the club's own site, so unless Notability can be established and reliable sources provided, the article should be deleted. Hellno2 (talk) 18:13, 16 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep Before adding my own comments I refer Hellno2 to the notes made in response to a previous attempt at more general AFD against Canoe clubs (copied below) Motmit (talk) 21:05, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * "Also I would urge you do do a Google Books search before listing the Royal Canoe Club - I don't think that many people would agree that a subject with over 300 book sources including the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Chambers's Encyclopaedia doesn't have notability. Phil Bridger (talk)"


 * Keep Seems notable as "The oldest Canoe club in the world, the Royal Canoe Club of London, was founded in 1866." and numerous other sources saying its the first club and "the first organisation interested in developing the sport"  -Hunting dog (talk) 20:54, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. A Club of this age that had such an influence in the early days of the sport is clearly notable. The article justs wants improving. --Bduke (talk) 01:10, 17 June 2008 (UTC)


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