Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Penticton Pinnacles

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The result was delete. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:15, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Penticton Pinnacles

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Does not meet football team notability guidelines. Team is not in a fully professional league. Does not meet WP:GNG either. Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:04, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - Non-notable amateur team. Cannot find evidence of participation in National Cup competitions, nor is it in a national league, so fails WP:NFOOTY (the professionalism of a league is not relevant per this guideline). Cannot find much in the way of coverage, seems mainly about youth teams. Fenix down (talk) 15:47, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability, fails WP:GNG. Giant Snowman 16:50, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Canada's National Cup competitions are either for fully-professional teams (such as the Voyageurs Cup) or fully amateur teams (such as the The Challenge Trophy). There are no national competitions for semi-professional teams; this is mostly a function of the cost and geography of the country, so such cups tend to be regional. However, the Penticton Pinnacles are members of a league that has in the past been sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, and US members of that league have played in the US Open Cup. As such, the technicality of the lack of any national soccer competitions that this team could play in, is just that - a technicality. Nfitz (talk) 19:00, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - OK, so it may be difficult / impossible for the club to enter a competition that would lead to a technical NFOOTY pass, so could you indicate how the club passes GNG? Just because NFOOTY can't be satisfied, doesn't mean an automatic keep. Fenix down (talk) 09:01, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, because NFOOTY can't pass means an automatic delete unless the subject meets another criteria. Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:11, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Fails WP:GNG, a non-notable club. JMHamo (talk) 01:21, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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