Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2015–16 Hereford F.C. season

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The result was redirect‎ to Hereford F.C.#2015–16 season. (non-admin closure) Alpha3031 (t • c) 12:33, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2015–16 Hereford F.C. season

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9th tier season that doesn't qualify for a stand-alone article. This topic is already covered sufficiently in Hereford F.C., which, somewhat ironically, covers this season in a much better way than the stand-alone article! Previous PROD logged by User:Number 57 for failing WP:NSEASONS, however, was not eligible as previously deleted with rationale Doesn't pass WP:GNG. Also WikiProject Football cut-off point for club season article is level 5 at least (i.e. fully professional club). Whilst I don't agree that a season being semi-pro or amateur should automatically exclude it from having an article, I would argue that this one is redundant as it adds nothing useful that isn't already in the parent article. We certainly don't need a stats article for such a season, even if the results can be verified as Wikipedia is not a sports stats database.

All reasons above seem like valid deletion reasons to me. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:20, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Football and England. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:21, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:22, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Clear WP:NSEASONS failure. Number 5 7 19:40, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Clearly fails WP:NSEASONS. Hey man im josh (talk) 20:06, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Fails WP:NSEASONS. Agreed with Number 57 and Hey man im josh. CastJared (talk) 21:08, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It appears that User:Pascopedral has entirely sourced the article to the football club itself. Is there no media coverage - which could show GNG; normally I'd not even suggest this for a ninth level team, but it's a bit different when an EFL team collapses and is reformed in the 9th level, and wins the season, gaining immediate promotion; between the reformation and league win (and league cup win), in a relatively large city, I'd expect there to be quite a lot of coverage. Is there any media coverage, Pascopedral. Though even if there isn't ... why would this be a delete, and not simply a redirect; which is what you see in similar cases like 1989–90 Newport County A.F.C. season. Nfitz (talk) 05:26, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I was tempted to redirect, however, was conscious that that would look like a 'backdoor deletion' so felt AfD was a more appropriate venue as WP:BLAR is a type of deletion in my view. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:22, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t believe there to be enough media coverage beyond what I’ve already sourced to warrant an exception here. Perhaps if they Hereford were Football League at the time they went bust but they had been demoted to the seventh tier anyway. Pascopedral (talk) 19:02, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete All know I am all for it, agree the cut off should be level 5 of the football league. Govvy (talk) 08:17, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found please ping me. Giant Snowman 17:40, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:NSEASONS. The person who loves reading (talk) 02:11, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Hereford F.C.#2015–16 season like the other season pages do. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:30, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per Liz as an WP:ATD, consistent with other similar pages. CycloneYoris ^talk! 00:30, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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