Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Team Essex Volleyball Club


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The result was no consensus. (non-admin closure) Linguist talk&#124; contribs  11:37, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Team Essex Volleyball Club

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Non-notable semi-professional sports team. Since volleyball in England is not organized at the same level of professionalism as, say, football or cricket, only the national team would be inherently notable. For other teams, evidence of actual significant coverage is needed, and Team Essex fails that criterion. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 01:57, 24 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep Volleyball England is a professional National Governing Body which is the NGB for English Volleyball Clubs, many of which have their own Wikipedia pages, IBB London Polona, London Malory, Sheffield VC, to name but a few. It is not organised to the extent that Football agreed, but that is the national Sport, other sports will always be different and in my opinion its not fair to compare football to volleyball. If we looked at Italy, who won the Olympic silver medal in Rio2016, their Italian Volleyball Governing body is not organised like their football equivalent. However Volleyball England is attracting World Championship players, such as Ignazek, from Poland and is certainly a reputable governing body. Team Essex is notably for its Olympic Talent, two former players played in the London2012 Olympics, and form its junior to senior ranks, dozens of players  compete for the English National Team.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chestersearle (talk • contribs) 13:42, 24 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.   CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   04:34, 24 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment Notability is not derived from the players on the team, or from the notability of the league in which the team plays, but rather is demonstrated by the presence of significant coverage in independent media, which is lacking. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:06, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 15:07, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

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 * Keep There are lots of examples of the what I suppose would deem significant coverage of Team Essex Volleyball Club in the media. Essex TV is an online television platform, which boasts both its online TV and an online magazine in the Essex region of England.https://www.essex-tv.co.uk/team-essex-volleyball-club-makes-history/, The Edge is a free online consumer based magazine based in Chelmsford, the city of the team's location,http://issuu.com/topdrawmedia.com/docs/edgemay2017?e=1369656/47971685, Volleyball England does its own season review which cites Team Essex's spot in Super 8s next season.https://www.volleyballengland.org/news/article/5534/the-thursday-review. Live coverage is also a regular event, with all our games being streamed by Essex Television. This link is for example the link to our shield final, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqg-4AVO2kg&t=4600s, streamed by Volleyball England, the Confederation European Volley member. I believe this page should be kept as while it may be argued that players and the league in which a team does not hold enough significance to deem it worthy of a volleyball article, these players of notoriety are Olympic athletes. Volleyball might not be recognised widely by some but IMHO I believe that teams in the top division of a country's sporting league should be deemed worthy enough of a Wikipedia article. Thanks.  chestersearle ChatMe!18:36, 24 May 2017 (BST)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:07, 31 May 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 11:02, 7 June 2017 (UTC)


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