Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Huddersfield Hawks

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 Delete and retain talk-page. The club currently does fail to meet minimum notability criteria; however, if plans unfold as anticipated, the club might warrant inclusion here after the next season or two. Currently, the team is a) an associate member of the BCAFL rather than a full member and b) slated to play "demonstration games" in the coming season rather than competitive games. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 14:31, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Huddersfield Hawks[edit]

Unlike North America, where university sports are notable, in the UK only a few university teams attract attention outside their college and this is not one of them. The article simply lacks the secondary sources to meet WP:N. I merged the encyclopaedic content into the University article and set up a redirect which has been promptly undone. Delete view. Bridgeplayer 23:28, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I think you might be opening a can of worms here. This team is not that different to Sheffield Hallam Warriors mentioned in the article, or indeed a whole lot of teams included in Category:British Collegiate American Football League teams. Do you want to delete all of them? I am not coming to a conclusion yet, if ever, as I do not understand this sport. --Bduke 00:08, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletions. -- Bduke 00:09, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. It's basically a club team. I know university sports is a different deal in Britain, but it's still pretty much a club. Maybe the other teams' articles should go, too, or be put into one summary article. Realkyhick 00:39, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per my arguments and the decision rendered in a previous AfD involving another BCAFL team - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Surrey Stingers. - Masonpatriot 01:06, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It's a very minor club team. Mainstream sources are never going to write about this team unless someone dies an extraordinary death on the pitch. Abberley2 01:36, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - we don't keep on precedent we keep on notability that requires multiple, reliable secondary sources. Amateur American Football has little profile in the UK, so any team is going to have to work hard to cross the notability threshold and this one hasn't played a match yet. TerriersFan 03:58, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The club is not yet sufficiently notable for inclusion. The club has only played one season and has yet to show it will continue for another. The players are in effect academic students participating in secondary sports as a hobby, rather than as potential professional players. Richard Harvey 09:26, 29 July 2007 (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.