Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marshall Islands national soccer team

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The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) NotAGenious (talk) 10:24, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Marshall Islands national soccer team[edit]

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This is the same fictional team that has gone through multiple AFD’s and deletions as Marshall Islands national football team and even creation protection. In reality there is nothing. No team, no pitches, no schedule. There are just some rough long term hopes. T v x1 09:26, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. T v x1 09:26, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Oceania-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 11:52, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:26, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep-clearly meets general notability. It has been picked up by numerous major independent news sources around the world. An article for the team that is being built is no different from an article for a structure that is under construction if they both meet notability guidelines. The difference between now and when the article was deleted before is that previously there truly was no mention of the team or any efforts to build it. The situation has changed completely. They will most likely play their first match in 2024. Oh, and there is definitely a stadium. *[1]--Gri3720 (talk) 13:23, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
On the contrary, there are even sources in the article that call into question the 2024 debut. The person who is allegedly managing the project hasn’t even visited the Marshall Islands at all. This is just something that has been made up by the press. The “stadium” you speak of is not by any means a soccer pitch. T v x1 08:50, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Read the first and last paragraphs. He has definitely been there. [2] and since you are a doubter, here is photographic proof. [3]. The stadium may not have nets sitting on it right now, but it is definitely a nice stadium by any standard in Oceania. It seems you have a vague idea about the project but have not been following it closely.--Gri3720 (talk) 17:34, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I don't understand the nomination, there is a clear sense if GNG which seems to be established. Govvy (talk) 13:52, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as above, sufficient coverage to meet GNG. Giant Snowman 16:32, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep lots of coverage from several major news outlets, it’s not really just vague long term hopes. Yoblyblob (talk) 17:01, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, clearly passes GNG.--Ortizesp (talk) 23:10, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: apart from the fact that we likely need to find some better sources for the "Team image" section, I don't see any problem with this article, to be honest... Oltrepier (talk) 09:09, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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