Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coca-Cola Red Sparks

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The result was keep. Geschichte (talk) 19:23, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Coca-Cola Red Sparks[edit]

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I just removed a telephone number from this article. If it doesn't qualify as promotional (which, by virtue of the phone number, it might be) then I'd like to nominate it as non-notable. The only reference provided lacks independence from the subject. If there are suitable sources in Japanese or English, let them come forth. The simple fact of being funded by Coca Cola does not confer notability. A loose necktie (talk) 14:29, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep was a notable rugby union team that played in the Top League and Top Challenge League Japanese leagues. They had professional players on their books at the time and there is certain to be coverage of them team playing in these competitions. Japanese rugby teams quite often are company teams (this may change with the league changing this year). Rugbyfan22 (talk) 14:32, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Can we get at least one independent source to help verify this? A loose necktie (talk) 07:04, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've including a couple of sources in the article. There will be far more available in a Japanese language source. It also passes a number of the guides listed at WP:RU/N#Clubs having played in the top division, been a founding member of the division, and provided multiple World Cup players. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 09:08, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 14:48, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 14:48, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Rugby union-related deletion discussions. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 14:50, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 18:52, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep based on added sourcing. More from Japanese references would be helpful. But I think that being at top club level and based on the few sources, it just barely meets WP:GNG per WP:NTEAM. LizardJr8 (talk) 02:44, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I can see few sources like [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], it should make them qualify for GNG. INeedToFlyForever (talk) 08:00, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep based on additional sourcing. --Whiteguru (talk) 10:17, 4 June 2021 (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.