Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/British Schools Karting Championship

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus. Stifle (talk) 17:32, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

British Schools Karting Championship

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After a notability tag was placed on this article over a year ago, nobody have done anything to prove the article's notability for junior sporting series, hence making it as notable as a interschool cross country event. As national as it may be, but there are more lesser level club and historic racing series that is as notable through reliable third party coverages and I tried to look for it myself and still nothing other than mentions in karting venues and other listing that is not considered to be reliable third party sources. Not forgetting that anybody can set up a national school event these days providing that got a business plan and access to government and sponsorship handouts.

If anybody can prove that this organisation is notable, I may change my mind.

I am also nominating the following related pages because as well for the same reason as just one local newspaper article doesn't save this article from being nominated :

British Universities Karting Championship (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Donnie Park (talk) 17:34, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:17, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete completely lacking reliable sources. LibStar (talk) 06:41, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - The statement above in the !vote to delete, which appears to be about both nominations, as these topics "completely lacking reliable sources" appears to be somewhat exaggerated. Clicking on the Google news link on the find sources template for the "British Schools Karting Championship" nomination clearly indicates that there is coverage in reliable sources for this topic, with 25 hits. The results include coverage in many different newspaper sources. The issue is about whether or not significant coverage exists in reliable, third-party sources. Northamerica1000^(talk) 14:01, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep British Schools Karting Championship – Topic meets WP:GNG, per the availability of reliable sources. These are not just "passing mentions", although the coverage in The Telegraph is succinct:

Streatfield, Emma (November 26, 2008). "Karting challenge for pupils". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved January 11, 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
"Trio in super show". Cotswold Journal. April 10, 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
Davies, Gareth A. (March 2, 2007). "Teenagers want more facilities". The Telegraph. Retrieved January 11, 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

—Northamerica1000^(talk) 14:37, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep NA1k has uncovered siginficant coverage in 3rd party reliable sources raising this article up to the levels of WP:GNG RadioFan (talk) 18:11, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have considered the nomination for British Schools Karting Championship to be withdrawn as there are already proof that I couldn't find and that decision if final. But the other must stay, this is until reliable third party sources could be found. Donnie Park (talk) 18:44, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Important Note - The nominator (directly above this note) has withdrawn their deletion nomination for the British Schools Karting Championship article.

—The British Universities Karting Championship remains nominated for deletion in this AfD discussion. Northamerica1000^(talk) 03:03, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 19:55, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.