Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Memphis Tiger's Soccer

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The result was merge to Memphis Tigers. Get to work :) SarahStierch (talk) 02:34, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Memphis Tiger's Soccer[edit]

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Non-notable sports team. No independent refs. No claim of notability. Nothing obvious in google. Stuartyeates (talk) 04:30, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This is an NCAA Division 1 athletic program.[1] Ample news coverage easily found. [2] We have numerous articles about similar collegiate programs, see Category:College men's soccer teams in the United States. This article needs improvement but the program's overall notability is clear. --Arxiloxos (talk) 06:14, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Could you give some examples of the "Ample news coverage easily found." that you consider to be in depth coverage and also independent? A quick check of a handful of those search hits and everything appeared word-for-word on a U Memphis site of one type or another, making them press releases / canned stories and not independent. Stuartyeates (talk) 06:40, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Memphis Tigers Team is notable, but is an average program which hasn't advanced far past the regular season, so some merging to the main team article is more appropriate. Note that I changed casing of "soccer" in title to meet WP:MOS. Nate • (chatter) 09:25, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge and redirect to Memphis Tigers - not independently notable, merits a redirect. Giant Snowman 13:42, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge and redirect to Memphis Tigers - Athletic program is notable as NCAA I but the football team is not. Little indication of significant coverage outside of primary sources. Fenix down (talk) 17:07, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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