Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Great Northern Conference

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The result was no consensus. Big Dom 07:16, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great Northern Conference[edit]

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No need for an unremarkable high school athletic conference to have its own article. Strikerforce (talk) 03:06, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wisconsin-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:51, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:51, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to List of high school athletic conferences in Wisconsin. I like the presentation, and the target article could benefit from the structure, but I agree that it's not notable on its own. Mandsford 18:52, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Many of the other WIAA conferences, some of them smaller, have pages of their own. redhead3434 20:58, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I don't see why any conference is any more notable that any other one. It would be extremely time consuming to change the format on the statewide article to comply with this one. The color usage doesn't follow the MOS. So I'm torn if all of the conference articles from Wisconsin should be deleted. Royal broil 00:26, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep After reading all of the comments and contemplating, I think that King of Hearts is right. There probably are enough reliable sources if someone spends time to properly research. I don't think that every conference should be deleted. Royal broil 00:42, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Did you mean Matt, rather than KoH? A little confused, I is, Mister Royal... :) Strikerforce (talk) 00:48, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, Strikerforce. You're right, I did mean Matt. I copied the wrong name. Royal broil 04:43, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment While I do think that the state high school association articles should have a list of who's in what conference, I don't think that most conferences would pass WP:GNG. From what I've seen, high school conferences aren't considered notable even by the local newspapers. They're similar to college conferences to the extent that the teams in the group schedule games against each other, but the resemblance stops there. For one thing, playoffs are based on how the state HSAA groups its regions and districts. For another, high school teams can't recruit their players, so there is no building of strength or reputation for a particular group of teams-- a player can choose whether to play for a team in the Big Ten or the SEC, while a high school player's choices are limited by residence. Mandsford 13:59, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment/Weak Keep - high school conferences actually can often be shown to meet the GNG if proper time is given to researching them. I've done several myself, which are well sourced. That said, it requires significant newspaper research time. But if someone is willing to go into the newspaper archives of the major Wisconsin papers, you'll be able to find plenty of articles about realignments, conference moves, etc. I sadly don't have the time to do it myself right now, but I'd be happy to suggest methods for finding the data if anyone is interested in undertaking it. matt91486 (talk) 20:23, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:30, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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