Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johnstown Mill Rats

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The result was keep (of a weak variety). Daniel (talk) 02:11, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Johnstown Mill Rats[edit]

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Non-notable amateur team. Nothing but the local coverage one would expect. Fails WP:GNG and WP:CORPDEPTH. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 00:36, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 07:20, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 07:20, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ballpark Digest isn't local coverage, so "nothing" isn't true. -- Pemilligan (talk) 13:19, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

this is a first year team, I say give it time to develop. BrewCityStu (talk) 17:53, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Google News shows numerous articles about the team, including many just from the last week. Clearly notable. Smartyllama (talk) 14:15, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 00:49, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Per Smartyllama -- plenty of sources if one cares to look. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 01:24, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment WP:CORPDEPTH explicitly excludes sports teams from its requirements. Smartyllama (talk) 00:50, 15 July 2021 (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.