Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seattle Sounders FC Academy


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The result was Keep.  A  Train talk 15:24, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Seattle Sounders FC Academy

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Youth sports league which fails WP:GNG and WP:BRANCH, almost all youth leagues are non-notable, and "[a]s a general rule, the individual chapters of national and international organizations are usually not considered notable enough to warrant a separate article - unless they are substantially discussed by reliable independent sources that extend beyond the chapter's local area." SanAnMan (talk) 14:47, 12 August 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep. This is the academy system for a professional club, not a league, and has decent local coverage and some passing national mentions in the media, mostly focusing on graduates/products that eventually signed with the Sounders.  Sounder  Bruce  04:47, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. The article should be using the local coverage then, since 95% of the references in it are just external links to rosters or articles on the official website, with only one third-party source used. The nomination post also brings up good points, which I agree with. ~ Dissident93  ( talk ) 07:48, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 09:31, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 11:09, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 11:09, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
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 * Keep as notable as an academy for a major club Atlantic306 (talk) 14:21, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions. North America1000 20:23, 20 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep Nomination is absolutely irrelevant as it's neither a youth league (or a league at all, for that matter) nor a local chapter of a national organization. No valid reason was offered by nominator for deletion, hence this should be kept. Smartyllama (talk) 20:35, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Reserve team, not youth team and meets WP:GNG. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:44, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep per above arguments. Academy of a major team that has produced notable players. Inter&#38;anthro (talk) 14:46, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect as this is not an independently convincing and notable team; there's nothing suggesting there's the needed convincing from the team itself. SwisterTwister   talk  05:02, 31 August 2016 (UTC)


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