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The result was delete. per WP:SNOW $Salvio$ ^{Let's talk about it!} 16:52, 17 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kassos Local League[edit]

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~~Repeatedly-recreated article.~~Article recreated after speedy deletion. Latest speedy deletion (A7) denied because there are newspapers cited. This is a league of "3 or 4 teams" that has been active from 1970 to 2002 (? "lack of details"). The "newspapers" are publications on the island of Kassos, which has a population of less than 1000 persons. The "3 or 4 teams" are non-notable local amateur teams. No notability whatsoever, hence: Delete. Guillaume2303 (talk) 11:34, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:17, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:18, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - firstly, the nom is incorrect in saying that this article is "Repeatedly-recreated" - it was A7ed yesterday and that's it. However I agree that there is no evidence of any notability here. Giant Snowman 14:19, 14 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - non-notable local amateur/social/kickabout league. I was momentarily confused by the bluelinked clubs, but they're all just piped to Kassos..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:09, 15 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Some research effort has gone into this article and in particular the one for Doxa Arvanitochoriou. The Kassos Local League must be affiliated to a Regional Football Association and I suggest that some of the material is relocated to an article for the Regional Football Association. Does anyone know the relevant Regional Football Association? League Octopus (League Octopus 09:23, 16 September 2012 (UTC))[reply]
Delete - no indication of notability. Though the list of champions might be moved to an article about the relevant regional football association Mentoz86 (talk) 11:31, 17 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Although the island of Kasos is part of the Dodecanese archipelago, this league is not a part of the official Dodecanese Football Clubs Association and the association's website contains no mention of a Kasos league or a Doxa Arvanitochoriou or any other club mentioned in the article: [1]. Doxa's article on el.wiki was speedy deleted twice, first for the equivalent of A7 (no indication of notability) and secondly for copyvio of the club's "official website": http://doxafc.weebly.com/ Moreover, the deleted article's talk page (which mysteriously survived) contains a post from el.wiki's sysop who peformed the first deletion and states that the "league" is in fact a 5x5 soccer tournament (some kind of outdoors futsal in artificial turf grounds, popular in Greece but I can't find a proper English term) which used to take place between 3 teams during the summer. The sources mentioned are not newspapers per se, only local publications with no journalistic value, of which only I Foni Tis Kasou is at least historically significant, and make no statement about the coverage's quality. With the same reasoning, I will soon propose Doxa Arvanitochoriou for deletion. – Kosm1 fent 13:34, 17 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- To avoid confusion, it appears that the standings on the website are incomplete, featuring only the First Division and the Second Division - Rhodes Group of Dodecanese FCA. The reason is that the Second Division - Islands Group and the Third Division are not starting until mid-October. However, I managed to find Dodecanese FCA's proclamation of the 2012-13 championships here, where it states all competing teams and, again, there is no mention of a Kasos league or even Kasos-based clubs anywhere. – Kosm1 fent 14:41, 17 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Now that I know the full background I withdraw my comments suggesting relocating some material to an article for the relevant Regional Football Association. We should never be promoting unaffiliated football. League Octopus (League Octopus 14:27, 17 September 2012 (UTC))[reply]

But always remember that there can be examples of small island leagues that are notable e.g Isles of Scilly Football League which has 2 teams! League Octopus (League Octopus 14:36, 17 September 2012 (UTC))[reply]

Of course affiliated leagues are notable, no matter how small. And the Dodecanese Football Clubs Association article needs creating. :P And by the way, the league you mention is hilarious. :P – Kosm1 fent 14:41, 17 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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