Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minot State Beavers football

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) f eminist 09:39, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Minot State Beavers football[edit]

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Article about a low level American football team without independent sourcing to confirm claims. ~~I am not aware of any other Division II teams with separate articles for their sports teams.~~ TM 15:30, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There are certainly other Division II football team articles. See as random examples Valdosta State Blazers football, Angelo State Rams football, the linked articles from Template:Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association football navbox, and many others linked from List of NCAA Division II football programs. A search for <"Minot State" football> yields 5,790 hits at GNews (and nearly 300 at HighBeam, although some of those appear to be press releases) so it seems likely that with some effort enough independent reliable sources can be identified to support this article.--Arxiloxos (talk) 17:01, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep WP:CFBTEAMS suggests that teams that participate in NCAA football are considered notable as long as there are sources documenting their notability. Minot State would appear to clear this bar; they receive regular, non-routine coverage in regional newspapers (e.g. [1] [2] [3]), and occasional coverage in national news (e.g. [4] [5]). TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 18:40, 11 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - 100+ sibling Division II team articles can be seen linked via the "Nickname" column at List of NCAA Division II football programs. Additional citations within this article are welcome, but current Division II football membership is observed via the lone existing citation. UW Dawgs (talk) 19:14, 11 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ^BE _CK ^Y _SA ^{Y L}E _S 06:37, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. ^BE _CK ^Y _SA ^{Y L}E _S 08:12, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of North Dakota-related deletion discussions. ^BE _CK ^Y _SA ^{Y L}E _S 08:12, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the coverage listed above by TheCatalyst31. Also, per the established precedent of having articles for DII football programs. Lepricavark (talk) 14:37, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep college football teams for four year institutions at pretty much all levels of play tend to generate enough coverage to pass WP:GNG. Although there are exceptions, I see no reason to think this would be one.--Paul McDonald (talk) 15:52, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per TheCatalyst31 and long standing historical precedent. Ejgreen77 (talk) 12:16, 17 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Minot State University is a small school with 2,200 undergraduate students and 170 academic staff persons. The Minot State football program jumped from the NAIA (very low level for small colleges) to NCAA Division II (a significant promotion, but still lower level) in 2011. While I doubt that season articles would be warranted, the program as a whole has arguably received significant coverage in multiple independent sources sufficient to satisfy WP:GNG. In addition to items cited by the Catalyst, further examples of the coverage include the following: this, this, this, this, and this. Cbl62 (talk) 18:36, 17 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the above !votes. Corkythehornetfan (ping me) 13:59, 19 February 2017 (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.