Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skala (sports organization) (2nd nomination)


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The result was   speedy keep. withdrawn (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 23:16, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Skala (sports organization)
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Like I noted few years ago, this has serious issues with Notability (organizations). Since the last AfD in 2008, the article has remained in its pitiful substub state. Yes, yes, I know, the current state is not an issue if the article could be expanded. Well, that's the problem. It's mentioned in 2-3 English sources, tops, in passing. And I couldn't find a single Polish language source that event mentions it (I also tried the alt spelling "Skała"). Nothing comes up in Google Scholar either. As such, I cannot help but conclude that this organization has never been subject to more than a cursory mention in a marginal number of reliable sources, and as such, it fails the notability requirements for a stand-alone inclusion in our project. At best, the article content can be saved by a merger to Communist Party of Poland. PS. Pinging participants of past AFD: User:Pcap, User:Eastmain, User:Greg park avenue, User:Aponar Kestrel, User:Ron Ritzman, User:Ecoleetage, User:DGG, User:T L Miles, User:Stifle, User:Benjiboi Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 08:04, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep I think the purpose of bringing the AfD has been accomplished. I apologize for not finding the sources earlier.  DGG ( talk ) 04:43, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep, I've managed to get some more sources, and expanded the article somewhat. Clearly there is a bias in availability of material on organizations that folded decades before the world-wide web. A limitation is that I haven't been able to get the Yiddish name, which could provide further sourcing. Merger into the Communist Party of Poland article would not help, as the club was not strictly a part of the party organization. --Soman (talk) 13:11, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep Credit is due to User:Soman for taking the time and effort to find sources and add them to the article. Looking at the original AfD, I see a consensus to keep the article, though it was closed as "no consensus". The addition of the sources helps further establish notability and addresses the nominator's concerns regarding the lack of sources and the "pitiful substub state" that the article had been in. Alansohn (talk) 17:58, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. Per above keeps.--Epeefleche (talk) 02:37, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Withdrawing nomination, please close. I appreciate the efforts put into rescuing this, particularly the addition of the original Polish name allows me to confirm the notability of the subject. Cheers, --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 10:22, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
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