Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UCD Fencing Club (2nd nomination)


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The result was   delete. J04n(talk page) 20:44, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

UCD Fencing Club

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Nomination As the creator of this page I sought to replace a previous page, of the same name, that had been deleted for lack of notability.


 * I had hoped that good, reputable and neutral sources could be obtained to substantiate the club. Unfortunately the only article of this nature that I could find is some fifteen years old. While the presence of an Olympic athlete would seem to solidify the notability of the organisation, it has come to my attention that the athlete in question officially competes under an altogether different organisation, the MPAI (which officially is concerned with the modern pentathlon rather than fencing specifically.)


 * Furthermore, I have also discovered that the club is not the largest club of its type in Ireland, but is in fact dwarfed in membership by a different university fencing club, the wikipedia page for which has been deleted due to lack of notability. Although the article states that the club has achieved the Intervarsity trophy twenty times in its history, which does seem to be the case (notwithstanding the lack of unbiased sources), the club has not won this particular competition for several years. All other sources pertaining to the club seem in some way created or influenced by the club or its members.


 * Finally, the rankings used as justification for the article are now out of date.


 * Postscript — The image used as the logo for the club is the generic official image representing the university. --AnAbsolutelyOriginalUsername42 (talk) 12:51, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Completing incomplete nom. — Train2104 (talk • contribs) 18:55, 30 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment - Tagging as CSD G7, as the author requested deletion. Luke no 94  (tell Luke off here) 22:30, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. I've declined the speedy, though, as there are edits by others. The IPs might be the author, but there's no real way of telling. A few days more won't matter. Peridon (talk) 23:34, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:59, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
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 * Comment. Just on one point -- notability is not fleeting. It matters not whether the club has won the Intervarsity trophy twenty times in recent years, or not for several years. --Epeefleche (talk) 19:18, 31 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete: another non-notable university society of which several have been previously deleted. ww2censor (talk) 19:23, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
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