Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Team Swansea


 * 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.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 00:34, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Team Swansea

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PROD contested by article creator with no reason given; original rationale was that this is a "Non-notable university football team." Also note the probable COI of the creator. GiantSnowman 17:32, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Non-notable university team.  Fails WP:GNG and WP:FOOTYN. Mattythewhite (talk) 17:37, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete – make that obvious COI, mister Snowman. Obscure team which fails WP:GNG and WP:FOOTYN. – Kosm  1  fent  17:41, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

I would like to raise an issue here. What is the problem with the 'Team Swansea' wikipedia. All information is truthful and the information can be sourced by searching through the Swansea Senior League website or alternatively 'AllWalesSport'. However Team Swansea was a team established in 2011 and does compete at the stated levels — Preceding unsigned comment added by SUMFC (talk • contribs) 21:04, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * SUMFC - nobody has said any of it is not true simply that it is not notable to Wikipedia standards. The team falls some distance short of the criteria for WP:FOOTYN, as explained above, and this is why it should be deleted rather than any concerns about its veracity. Keresaspa (talk) 02:32, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

So therefore the issue lies with the player list at the bottom of the article, is that correct? If so then it shall be edited in order to comply with Wikipedia's regulations. We inserted the article in good faith and didn't realise we were contravening Wikipedia standards — Preceding unsigned comment added by SUMFC (talk • contribs) 08:04, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * No, the issue is to do with the notability of the teamn, regardless of any list of players, which fails on a number of fronts. Firstly, the article fails WP:GNG which states you need "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". It also fails on sporting grounds, as you play in a low-level regional league, and are not notable as a University team either. GiantSnowman 14:56, 24 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - university football teams are only notable if they have received significant coverage in reliable third-party sources. Per WP:BURDEN this doesn't appear to be the case here. Cloudz 679  21:49, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - far too low-level a team -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:42, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete I couldn't find anything to meet WP:GNG, and it definitely fails WP:FOOTYN. --sparkl!sm hey! 15:04, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:GNG.
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