Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tajikistan national under-17 football team


 * 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   keep. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 01:14, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Tajikistan national under-17 football team

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Amateur football team, doesn't meet WP:SPORTS. Shadowjams (talk) 12:01, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * WP:SPORTS is WikiProject Sports, not an inclusion guideline. And if you meant WP:ATHLETE, that only applies to individuals, not teams.  Powers T 12:11, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * It doesn't meet WP:N in any case. Do you have an actual opinion? Shadowjams (talk) 12:16, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I thought I'd start with questioning the basis for deletion; without a clear understanding of the grounds on which you were suggesting this be deleted, I couldn't very well agree or disagree with you. Powers T 13:41, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Really? By its terms, it's outside of WP:ATHLETE which is the relevant guideline. I'm not of the opinion that WP:Athlete is so technically hamstrung that it might preclude looking at athletes that don't participate at a professional level. Shadowjams (talk) 14:02, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * WP:ATHLETE only appears to cover individuals, not teams. There are countless teams for which the players are not notable, but the teams are.  Powers T 17:01, 4 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:51, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: National representative team, playing at a level at which FIFA run globally reported tournaments. Players at this level are unlikely to be notable, but the team is.  The existence of such articles is useful, almost essential, to prevent inappropriate info about such underage teams being reported on the main national team site, which should be reserved to data about the senior men's team.  Kevin McE (talk) 17:14, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep is an article for a national team at a recognised youth level, and team have previously played in World Youth Cup. Eldumpo (talk) 10:15, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep as per above, notable national youth team. GiantSnowman 22:15, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. I'm at a complete loss to understand this nomination. Surely common sense tells us that a national representative team in the world's most popular sport is a suitable subject for an encyclopedia article? For the wikilawyers here a a few of the many sources available:. Phil Bridger (talk) 11:33, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - U-17 national team for football is notable, and WP:ATHLETE isn't the relevant guideline to reference in this case. -- Whpq (talk) 17:49, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - U-17 teams are notable and there are many examples currently on Wikipedia. GauchoDude (talk) 18:28, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep representative youth national team who have qualified and played in an international FIFA tournament. --Jimbo[online] 18:44, 10 December 2009 (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.