Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Birmingham Lions

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 00:30, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Birmingham Lions[edit]

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Non-notable. British university sports teams are not generally notable in ANY sport. Teams are often unheard of and usually unfollowed within their own institution, never mind further afield. American Football itself enjoys nothing beyond niche interest in the UK. There appears to be no reason to believe this is one of the exceptions.

A google search (once references to Birmingham Lions Club are stripped out) provides little beyond sites directly related to the team and its rivals. All I could find was the obligatory mention on the "other sport" section of the local section of the BBC's website, which hasn't been updated for 4 years. There is also a single two minute filler that was used on Five's NFL coverage (A show that went out in a graveyard slot (either 7am Sun or after midnight)).

In terms of news coverage, a google news archive search (with similar note about the Lions Club) returns an average of one to two articles per year carried in either the Birmingham Mail (circ 67000) or the Birmingham Post (circ 12000). This is hardly indicative of a team that is even followed by a local audience never mind further afield.

A further note is that the article is unreferenced. The tone of the article is also a tad unencyclopaedic. Pit-yacker (talk) 00:15, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. —Pit-yacker (talk) 00:15, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete no sources, just like all the others... Okay, I'm ready for a bulk delete...--Paul McDonald (talk) 04:12, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - We can't do a bulk deletion for these articles: there's only two left: these lot and Loughborough Aces, and that one's already at AfD. DitzyNizzy (aka Jess)|(talk to me)|(What I've done) 14:36, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Much like the others, they're a non-notable British Uni sports team. All I can find are mentions on either their or their rivals' websites/uni sites. DitzyNizzy (aka Jess)|(talk to me)|(What I've done) 14:36, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per nom. Fails the notability standards applied by WP:GNG and WP:ORG. Pfainuk talk 14:51, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 15:57, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - completely devoid of reliable sources and fails WP:ORG. TerriersFan (talk) 01:32, 13 July 2010 (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.