Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Folkestone Vikings

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 speedy keep‎. Closing this due to the lack of a valid deletion rationale (and this was okayed by the editor advocating Delete). Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:08, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Folkestone Vikings

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Article is an orphan and doesn't contain much useful information (such as when the club was renamed to Folkestone Vikings and disbanded etc.) Aydoh8 (talk) 02:52, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sports, American football, Europe, and United Kingdom. Aydoh8 (talk) 02:52, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Not my subject area and I'm not about to go digging for this stuff, but note that neither of the statements given in the nomination are deletion reasons - for any type of article. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 05:40, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails GNG due to lack of SIGCOV. Or redirect to a page on their league, though I am not sure such a page exists. The current iteration of their league, BAFA National Leagues does not describe the league in the 1980s and 1990s, and only lists defunct teams from 2000 and later, so that is not an ideal target. Frank Anchor 13:32, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I also agree with Aydoh8's assessment of the nomination statement, and that being an WP:ORPHAN and the article not containing much useful information are not valid reasons. I am okay if the AFD is procedurally closed for this reason despite my delete vote on other grounds. Frank Anchor 13:32, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:36, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep per criteria 1. There is no deletion rationale being proposed here. Let'srun (talk) 00:33, 25 October 2023 (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.