Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Murray Park Volleyball League

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. The only source in the article is a blog, the two links provided in the debate are listing-type mentions at best, and the argument from SAAFL amounts to WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. On the talk page, the article is defended as "part of an attempt to raise the profile of volleyball in Australia", but Wikipedia is not for promotion. JohnCD (talk) 11:39, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Murray Park Volleyball League[edit]

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Fails our WP:GNG \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 06:52, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep To whom it may concern, the nominated deletion of this article is based upon superficial research, and does not meet the criterion under which it has been tagged. The article has been tagged for not adequately reaching wikipedia's notability standards. Under notability policy, the article falls under the category of "organizations and companies". Upon consulting the policy for such articles, "A company, corporation, organization, team, religion, group, product, or service is notable if it has been the subject of significant coverage in secondary sources." The Murray Park Volleyball League does, indeed, meet this requirement. The South Australian electorate of Morialta sends out an annual publication, detailing the available sporting competitions within the electorate. This is part of the national Be Active [1] scheme - a plan to increase fitness/health levels and to decrease the problematic obesity epedemic. While the league is amateur in nature, it is a genuine league that is used as a stepping stone for higher-level volleyball honours in Australia. It receives significant recognition from independent, secondary sources, as shown by the aforementioned government example. This is no different from such leagues as the South Australian Amateur Football League, which has a wikipedia article that has never been questioned; I would like to point out that the SAAFL article only provides references that are written by the executives of the league itself, yet this is allowed on wikipedia. The proponents of the Murray Park Volleyball League have provided credible sources, and the article is still challenged. For these reasons that I have mentioned, the MPVL article should not be deleted.Higginson21 (talk) 10:02, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No indication that it's notable. From what I can tell, this is an intramural program at Adelaide University. Mandsford (talk) 14:01, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:ORG, not even an attempt at a claim of notabiity in the article. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 16:04, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The link is to a one page blog with no indication of notability, Google turns up nothing. JohnBlackburne (talk) 18:34, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, nonnotable amateur league. NawlinWiki (talk) 21:03, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, this League is not an intramural programme. It is in fact played at the University of South Australia. Link may be found at http://www.infosearchweb.com/document_index.cfm?document_id=689&dataset_doc_id=13&subframe=sub_frame&dataset_search=&council_search=&council_op=AND. This information is slightly out of date. The League is no longer part of a fitness class but has developed into a thriving competition with 21 teams. The Campbelltown Council in Adelaide South Australia has been contacted to update this information. The lack of other links is due to the low status of volleyball in Australia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mug811 (talk • contribs) 02:24, 26 November 2009 (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.