Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Georgia Figure Skating Club

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. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 18:14, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Georgia Figure Skating Club[edit]

Non-notable local branch of national organization (United States Figure Skating Association); see Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). Club activities listed are typical of thousands of other figure skating clubs and not evidence of notability. Has never been a major training center for the sport of figure skating or played a notable role in the history of the sport; compare Skating Club of Boston, Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society, and Broadmoor Skating Club for counterexamples of skating clubs that are notable. Dr.frog 22:50, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 00:10, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. This might merit an article if sources could be found to back up its notability assertions. If it really is one of the largest clubs, or if the Peach Classic is as important as the article makes it sound, then perhaps this place is notable. Without sources, however, this is a delete. --Fang Aili ^talk 13:34, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Before deleting, please let me add the notable skaters and coaches. I didn't realize that an article had to be full and complete before it was added. I thought that the articles could be added to. Rlichtefeld 15:29, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia articles must assert the importance of the subject. What makes the Georgia FSC more important than any of the other thousands of figure skating clubs throughout the world? The other notable skating clubs listed above have been the training home of multiple national champions and World/Olympic competitors over a period of several decades. I am not aware of any such notable skaters who have trained at or represented the Georgia FSC (which has been in existence for less than 10 years), much less enough of them to make the club notable in its own right as an elite training center. Dr.frog 15:53, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The skaters you listed are not considered "notable". Dr.frog 16:30, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rlichtefeld, I believe the "lowest" we go in terms of notability is World Junior level. Got anyone from there? --Fang Aili ^talk 17:48, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete non-notable organization. And I don't think competiting at the novice level is inherantly notable for an encyclopedia. Kolindigo 18:42, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, article fails to assert notability per WP:N. If there is a skater associated with the club who competes at the national level, I may reconsider. --Kyoko 19:03, 19 June 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.