Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/St Josephs College Rowing 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   delete. Stifle (talk) 23:17, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

St Josephs College Rowing Club

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Strong Delete - Unencyclopedic. There isn't even an article for the school itself — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bustarhymes420 (talk • contribs) 2008/10/04 22:00:36
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 12:42, 6 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Speedy Delete student club at a single school... in this case, a school we don't even have an article on. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  17:49, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete no notability outside context of school. Michellecrisp (talk) 01:10, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge There is an article for the school, the link has been added to this article. Perhaps a shortened version of this page can be included there instead. Irishrower (talk) 10:53, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * keep would like to see more resources, wikified, and otherwise brushed up to a better article rather than an "adsy-artcle" that we don't like... but the program has been around long enough, there's some rich history I'm sure and WP:SNOW seems to apply. Not having a school article is not a reason to delete the article about the school's rowing team--Wikipedia is far from complete.--Paul McDonald (talk) 15:59, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * comment Claiming WP:Snow is either dishonest or a misunderstanding. this article clearly has a chance to be deleted, per 4 editors!
 * response then I choose misunderstanding, if that's okay with everyone else. It's a comment made in good-faith.  By the way, if you are going to accuse anyone of being dishonest, could you please sign your comments?--Paul McDonald (talk) 13:24, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Maybe such accusations wouldn't arise, if you only used guidelines you understood.


 * Delete No matter how old they are, the sources do not show notability nor pass WP:athlete. They certainly don't compete at the highest level of the sport. A non-notable uni is very unlikely to have a notable sports team.Yobmod (talk) 11:47, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Response It is not a non-notable uni, but rather a relatively well known Irish school. As such, it can only compete to a certain level, as it has done with the Irish National Championships and Henley Royal Regatta, which many would regard as the highest level of amateur rowing in UK/Ireland. Any higher and the athletes will be competing for their country, as members of this club have done at European and World Championships, as well as the Olympics. Irishrower (talk) 14:45, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * And the citations to prove any of that? This article's claims are unverified, which means it fails wikipedia policy and should be deleted. Junior levels are not regarded as the highest level in other sports (hence all the junior football players who get deleted), why would they be here? Independant reliable sources are needed to prove notability, not one editor's opinion. Add enough independant sources, and i would change my vote, simple as that.Yobmod (talk) 11:32, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I've rewritten most the article, reducing its' length, and I've tried to add sources where possible Irishrower (talk) 13:26, 10 October 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.