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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 04:03, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Northern Football Federation[edit]

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May not meet notability standards. Charlie the Pig (talk) 03:03, 4 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Northern Football Federation requires a wiki presence to hold the history of the federation, its members and its honors. Mike Hadnett (talk) 03:10, 4 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. One of the several top-level regional football league structures in New Zealand. If - as seems reasonable - the New Zealand national football league could be equated to the English Conference, the NFF would be approximately level with the Isthmian league. The certainly fulfill the requirements for notability inasmuch as they were (1) heavily involved in the organisation of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup held in New Zealand; (2) have received significant coverage in multiple independent sounrces, e.g., [1] [2]. They would also qualify as a nationally well-known local organisation. Grutness...wha? 03:41, 4 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. Giant Snowman 07:13, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@GiantSnowman: does being "one of seven district federations affiliated to the national body" make it notable? See here: http://www.nff.org.nz/index.php?id=336 Spiderone 07:56, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Spiderone: - no, at most I'd say redirect to New Zealand Football. Giant Snowman 10:06, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Spiderone: - as New Zealand Football delegate the responsibility of running football within the country to the 7 federations, i believe it does make it noteable. NFF have over 15k registered players who play football and futsal within its region. Multiple All Whites have also come through the NFF talent centres including Bill Tuiloma. Mike Hadnett (talk) 10:40, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Would be akin to deleting London Football Association or similar. Per Grutness, it can be argued that the subject passes WP:CLUB and WP:GNG. Mattythewhite (talk) 13:29, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - would appear to meet WP:CLUB, specifically as a nationally known organisation. Fenix down (talk) 15:28, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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