Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tehran House of Volleyball


 * 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. Kurykh (talk) 00:12, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Tehran House of Volleyball

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I cannot find evidence to suggest this building exists. All other links about this location are Wikipedia-based. Therefore, this may be a hoax and needs deletion. GammaRadiator (talk) 19:30, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:43, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:43, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:43, 27 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete as possible hoax. If it is deemed to exist, the nature of the article suggests it would almost certainly fail WP:GNG. Ajf773 (talk) 19:53, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. Does not appear to be a hoax, nothing hoaxlike about it.  There's nothing embarrassing about the article.  It looks like there may be a translation issue;  I would strongly prefer for a Farsi-conversant editor to be involved in reviewing here.  It may be the "home ground" of Paykan Tehran VC according to somewhere, then the Wikipedia article for that professional volleyball club (VC) says its home ground is Khaneh Volleyball Tehran, so maybe this is a different name for that.  Another Tehran VC is Persepolis VC.  It's appropriate for Wikipedia to have coverage of a professional volleyball league in Iran, which could not possibly survive in the U.S.  I wouldn't want to go on a deletion spree here.  Tag it for development and look for some Iranian / Farsi editor input. -- do  ncr  am  07:07, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * P.S. Google translate for "Tehran House of Volleyball" yields "خانه تهران والیبال".   Googling on that brings up Iran volleyball sites and photos like this one which has posters of Iranian leaders looking down on the volleyball court.  The topic does not seem to be a hoax.  Premise of AFD is incorrect -> Keep.  And a 1500-seat (if that is what it is) stadium purpose-built for volleyball seems significant to me;  I don't know of any larger (or smaller, either). -- do  ncr  am  07:14, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * P.P.S. The photos and a google map location for it make it seem pretty real.  Photos of the women playing with hijab outfits are pretty striking to me, a different kind of normal.  It is eye-opening to see the stadium itself, that's not the kind of scene and kind of investment in Tehran that Americans hear about.  I expect there's coverage in Persian language of the building's construction and more.  This seems comparable or more important than, say, 1200-seat Quinn Coliseum, found within Category:Volleyball venues in the United States though it doesn't seem like it is volleyball-focused.  We have many articles about hockey stadiums.  There are tons of articles in Category:Indoor arenas in the United States.  Attacking this one in Iran seems U.S.-centric, and projection of a hoax somewhat seems to fit in with anti-immigration executive orders directed at Iran and the like going on in the U.S., so I say avoid this. -- do  ncr  am  07:31, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Weak Delete As it is now, the article does not appear to pass GNG and I'm unsure if its status as home court for that professional team is enough. I am on the fence, though. If more could be added to show notability, I may change my viewpoint. South Nashua (talk) 16:55, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 02:12, 7 March 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh (talk) 01:53, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - I don't want to be uncivil but we need to have our discussions without a WP:SOAPBOX. I can't find any reliable sources and regardless if it can or can't be verified, without the sources it is not notable.  - Pmedema (talk) 03:39, 17 March 2017 (UTC)


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