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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 06:32, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

LAW Galaxy[edit]

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Contested prod. Non-notable university football club - phrases (in an earlier revision) such as "one of the most popular football clubs in Third Year Law" and "with over 30 supporters" fail to indicate any major notability. Fails WP:GROUP. CultureDrone (talk) 13:40, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - Define notability..."Notable means 'worthy of being noted' or 'attracting notice'. It is not synonymous with 'fame' or 'importance.'" Just because this club is not famous doesn't mean the club is not notable. Does not fail WP:GROUP as the team has been discussed on more than one occasion by the University of Edinburgh's Student Radio Station: Freshair http://www.freshair.org.uk/.

S0673253 (talk) 13:58, 24 October 2008 (UTC)s0673253[reply]

• Comment Does student radio count as a reliable source ? I'm not certain what the policy is as, in this instance, surely it would count as an (almost) self-published source, considering it is based at the same institution ? Is there sufficient independence ? CultureDrone (talk) 14:04, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Non-notable amateur football team, possibly formed in the last few months. The local student radio station is not a reliable source. TN‑X-Man 14:43, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete "Hey guys, we hit the big time! We got mentioned on a student radio show!" Delete as (badly) failing WP:ORG, WP:N, WP:V, and just about everything else. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 14:55, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, indeed. Hoaxy, too--see their previous name, "Deportivo LAW Coruna." But not a badlooking article! Drmies (talk) 18:24, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment
  • As regards to the station being a reliable source: the station is "run out of the University of Edinburgh and broadcasts from it’s studio in the Pleasance societies’ centre. Its membership comprises students from across Edinburgh, including those from Napier, Heriot-Watt, Stevenson College and QMU, as well as any member of the public who has an interest in the media and lives in the area." About - Fresh Air Although the station is run out of the University of Edinburgh, it's staff and DJs come from all over Edinburgh and cover a range of different Universities, giving it independence from the institution.
  • Again, obviously Starblind doesn't understand the concept of notability and the distinction between it and fame; unfortunately there is nothing more i can do to help him grasp this concept.
  • Lastly, thank you for the comment from Drmies, but just because the name may have comedy connotations (a group of lawyers play for a team called LAW Galaxy), this does not make the article itself a hoax. It would not for example be correct to say that the series of Scary Movie films are themselves a hoax, just because the idea behind them is of course supposed to be comedy.— Preceding unsigned comment added by S0673253 (talk • contribs)
    • Notability is very clearly defined in WP:N. LAW Galaxy obviously fails it. I think Starblind understands that fact just fine.--Atlan (talk) 15:47, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 22:46, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 22:47, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - And I've played & coached for the VCU club baseball team for 4 years now, I find them personally very notable. Last year, we made our first trip to the Club Baseball World Series in Ohio, came in 4th place. If this was the Richmond, Virginia wikipedia, we'd be notable enough for inclusion. But in a worldwide English launguage wiki, sorry, this doesn't come close to cutting it. Mention of it's existance, like we have under the student club sports heading in the main VCU article may be fine, however, that's the absolute length of mention it's level of notability deserves. Coastalsteve984 (talk) 08:13, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:51, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as completely non-notable. If a team has players in its squad list identified only as "Fitch", "Will" and "Fred's Mate", I'd say that's a pretty good giveaway that it's just a knockabout amateur social type team.... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:53, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Totally non-notable. пﮟოьεԻ 57 09:09, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as non-notable. Over 30 supporters though! GiantSnowman 14:24, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Fails WP:GROUP, WP:V. -- Alexf^(talk) 11:23, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete nn BanRay 18:22, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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