Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Waterloo Warriors


 * 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   keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 03:53, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Waterloo Warriors

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Doesn't meet WP:CLUB or WP:GNG Boleyn (talk) 14:12, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Inclined to keep I'm sure there is plenty of press coverage, one hopes not all like the Toronto Star's "Waterloo rocked by college football doping scandal" - see refs. Johnbod (talk) 14:57, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * While certainly this needs further sourcing improvement, there is already some reliable sourcing here and other sourcing can be located. In addition, there's a potential bias issue, in that would be a double-standard to claim that the elite level of American college and university varsity sports teams automatically pass our inclusion standards but the equivalent level of Canadian college and university varsity sports teams automatically fail them. For both of those reasons, I'd certainly prefer to keep, though I'd also fully accept redirection to University of Waterloo if consensus determines that the overall quality of the article just ain't there — but top-level intercollegiate sports are a thing that Wikipedia readers do expect coverage of on here, so this is unequivocally enough of a potential search term, and has more than enough "notability in principle", that it must exist as either an article or a redirect. Bearcat (talk) 15:24, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 15:25, 25 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep top level university team, better as a grouping all sports (as opposed to just an article about the football team, for example). With the fear of resorting to an other stuff exists sort of argument, it seems to meet we generally have these sorts of articles. For example, in Ontario alone, all the university teams have articles excepting Laurentian and Trent (and potentially now, Waterloo). There should be sources out there, and as Bearcat said, top level university sport articles are the sort of page that Wikipedia is generally expected to have. WP:NCOLLATH is about people, but that should broadly apply to the team(s) as well, which have won national (university) championships. Poor referencing is not grounds for deletion.--kelapstick(bainuu) 16:42, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep This nomination appears to be based on a case of mistaken identity (see here). This particular team is located in Waterloo, Canada, not Waterloo, Belgium. Ejgreen77 (talk) 17:55, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Waterloo Warriors (Belgium) is the team in Belgium. --kelapstick(bainuu) 23:04, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep I don't think the argument for deleting this article is valid. This is a notable organization, and while the sports teams associated with the University of Waterloo are not as high profile as at some other universities, they are still worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia. --Trb333 (talk) 17:38, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:39, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:39, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:39, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.