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The result was merge to Northwich Victoria F.C.. MBisanz ^talk 04:43, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

1874 Northwich FC[edit]

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Article is about a recently (Nov 2012) formed football (soccer) team. Only sources are two very local news reports. Therefore fails WP:NCORP criteria. Team will be playing at the very lowest level of regional football therefore currently fails the notability criteria advised at WP:FOOTYN. Because this team has only just been formed and has no track record or wider impact, the article only serves as a news announcement at the moment. I'd argue that the article should only ever be re-created once the team has had significant success and impact beyond its home town. Sionk (talk) 14:05, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Northwich Victoria F.C. for now, although it's clearly a different entity. The situation at Northwich Victoria and the setting up of this breakaway club is worth mentioning there, but until this new club reaches a level where it would be considered notable we shouldn't have an article here. --Michig (talk) 15:16, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Michig sounds a pretty good solution. Information can then be spun into a separate article if 1874 Nortwich do become notable. Keresaspa (talk) 15:45, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Michig and then semi-protect both this and Northwich Victoria's articles for the short term, because I can easily see this being a target for vandalism, based on the acrimonious nature of the split in the first place. Lukeno94 (talk) 16:11, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Victoria are a semi-pro side therefore I think 1874 Northwich are notable as a breakaway of said entity. Mikeo34 (talk) 16:17, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No. That's a classic WP:INHERITED argument. --Michig (talk) 16:53, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think WP policies have to broken sometimes, in exceptional cases such as this. I believe 1874 Northwich are probably soon-to-be semi-pro, or at least not far off it. Perhaps you should give your own opinion for once and not relentlessly link to WP articles. This article is of huge concern to all non-league football fans, and I think deleting it would be petty and just plain ridiculous. Mikeo34 (talk) 17:18, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I always give my own opinion. I also understand our policies and guidelines. --Michig (talk) 18:52, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not notable. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 00:08, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge and redirect as above. Giant Snowman 09:06, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect -- This is all too recent for a judgement to be possible as to what will happen eventually. I would not be surprised if the new club does not end up looking like a successor of Northwich Victoria. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:58, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect – If the club does start playing it would likely join the NWCFL in the 2013–14 season but before then, it should just be a subsection on the NVFC article. Del_♉sion23 (talk) 19:34, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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