Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spartak Tennis Club (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 19:15, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Spartak Tennis Club
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Article has not expanded at all since its creation almost six years ago. The first AfD ended in Keep, but by a very slim 2-1 margin. I have not been able to find enough evidence of notability for this club. While searching it online comes up with a lot of results, most of them are just tennis blogs, fan forums, and Wikipedia mirrors. The article's three sources do not prove notability at all since the first one no longer mentions the club, the second one only proves Anna Kournikova trained there (which violates Wikipedia's policy of no inherited notability), and not everything that is featured in a New York Times article is notable for Wikipedia. If that was the case, we should have articles on every single crime, accident, real estate/place, or special event it refers to. The Legendary Ranger (talk) 14:11, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep It seems to be covered under WP:CLUB. The references I found point to it being one of the few top tennis schools in Moscow/Russia. I replaced the first reference (which was meant to point here), referring to the number of courts, with a book source and removed the unnecessary Kournikova site. I'm unsure what the objection to the NYT article is because it seems like a valid relevant source. There probably is more info in Russian, if anyone is fluent. Funny  Pika! 13:41, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cheers, Ri l ey    00:08, 26 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep. Sufficient sources exist to show notability; the ESPN and NYT pieces cited in the article, discussion in books like  and, and there certainly are plenty of additional sources at GNews. --Arxiloxos (talk) 01:14, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete - Obscure club. Maybe of interest in Russian language Wikipedia but not suited for an article here. SupportMelissaKetunuti (talk) 01:52, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
 * If it is suited for Russian Wikipedia, it is also suitable here, since the notability policies are the same.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:33, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep, seems to be notable, added a couple of sources.--Ymblanter (talk) 17:46, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep It's tough to say what might constitute a notable tennis club, but having 17 courts and claiming multiple international pro players sounds good enough for me. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  06:23, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
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