Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rapid fans

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:03, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rapid fans[edit]

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This seems to be a recreation of an article that was draftified in 2022, so I think AfD might be a better venue the second time around. I'm not seeing any signifigant coverage that the fanbase of a football team are independantly notable in their own right. Maybe if there's enough well-sourced content there could be a section about the fanbase in the team's article? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 09:06, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Football and Romania. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 09:06, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 11:08, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - not notable, and current name could refer to any number of clubs. Giant Snowman 12:32, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge or Redirect to CS Rapid București, does not appear to meet GNG on its own, reads like an article copy pasted from google translate. Would be better as a redirect, or best as an abridged section in the article for the corresponding club. IceBergYYC (talk) 01:55, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Merge? Redirect? Delete? Further consensus needs to be gathered here on a way forward.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TheSandDoctor ^Talk 17:20, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In regards to the merge or redirect comment above, I'm not sure if there's anything realistically salvageable about this article that would make a merge meaningful. I'm willing to be convinced otherwise. As for a redirect in itself... I agree with the first commenter that "Rapid fans" is vague enough to have many possible meanings. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:59, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect seems wrong, given that the leading results on Googling "Rapid fans" are for a Rapid Vienna fan group![1] Nothing about Rapid Bucharest. --Colapeninsula (talk) 14:07, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I just can't find anything in the article (or the concept) that justifies being included in WP under the notability guidelines. Joyous! Noise! 15:34, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as the term is too ambiguous to be appropriately affiliated with just a single football club or fan group. Furthermore, as per nom statement, I fail to see how a club's fanbase can be outright independently notable of the club itself; in this case at least, there is no evidence of that being the case. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 07:36, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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