Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/University of Gloucestershire Gladiators


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 00:43, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

University of Gloucestershire Gladiators

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Non notable. Only mention I can find on Google besides site related directly to this team and its rivals is this article in the weekly Bath Chronicle which basically gives a brief run down of the whole season for a rival team (i.e. it says Bath Bees will play Gloucestershire Gladiators (Note that it also turns up a lot of links to Gloucestershire Gladiators who are much more notable). Lack of coverage is not really surprising as with a mere handful of exceptions, largely confined to mainstream British sports (such as soccer, rowing, cricket and rugby), university sports teams in the UK are of little not even in their own institution never mind in the wider world. The article is also unreferenced. Given the lack of independent coverage, the prospects of being able to reference the article seem remote. Pit-yacker (talk) 12:35, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions.  —Pit-yacker (talk) 12:35, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note It is also perhaps worth adding that the Bath Chronicle only has a circulation of around 18,000 . Pit-yacker (talk) 13:21, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. This team does not appear to be an exception to the general rule that British university sports teams are not notable.  I'd add that that piece of coverage in the Bath Chronicle reads like a reprinted press release from the Bath University team - so even if it was significant coverage (and it isn't), I'd still question its independence. Pfainuk talk 13:03, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - Once again we have an article for a British University team. Again, it's in a niche sport in Britain. Again, I can't find anything to grant them notability. DitzyNizzy (aka Jess) &#124; (talk to me) &#124; (What I've done)  13:27, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —• Gene93k (talk) 14:23, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete no sources, no article. Cool team logo, tho...--Paul McDonald (talk) 18:21, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
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