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The result was delete. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 15:02, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2012 I-League U19[edit]

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Article about a non-notable youth competition. There is insufficient coverage for this article to meet WP:GNG. Sir Sputnik (talk) 06:37, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I am guessing you dont know Indian Football what so ever. The U19 competition was confirmed by the AIFF at there conference earlier this year. In fact I have that as a reference in the article. --Arsenalkid700 (talk) 15:47, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The single reference appears not to relate to the article. Nor does anything else assert notability. Cloudz 679 17:35, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fine. I will say yes to the deletion of this article BUT once I get any dates for the tournament or any team news that CAN be proven through a reference then I will recreate the article. Cheers. --Arsenalkid700 (talk) 18:23, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It is not a matter of reality but notability. Most youth competition do not receive sufficient coverage to meet Wikipedia's inclusion criteria. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:26, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Sir Sputnik (talk) 06:37, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry but can you please explain that again. Are you saying that the I-League U19 is not popular enough to be included? --Arsenalkid700 (talk) 18:40, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Essentially, yes. Most youth competitions, this one included, do not receive significant coverage, which is required for an article to meet the inclusion criteria. Sir Sputnik (talk) 19:29, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Sir Sputnik (talk) 06:37, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It actually does receive a lot of coverage in India but only during the season which looking at other youth leagues it seems that way to (example being the 2011–12 Premier Academy League which was created in October when coverage about it started). If you look at sites like thehardtackle.com, indianfootballnetwork.com and the-aiff.com you will see that the competition does get some coverage but I do understand and I am open to deletion of the article for now till the first game is completed and reported. --Arsenalkid700 (talk) 19:41, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - no evidence of notability. Just because something exists does not mean that it is notable. Giant Snowman 11:08, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I thought we all agreed that this should be deleted (me included) so why is this page still up. --Arsenalkid700 (talk) 11:22, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Procedure requires an afd to last at least seven days, to make sure all sides of the argument are heard. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:16, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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