Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rothesay Brandane A.F.C.

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The result was merge to Rothesay, Bute. (non-admin closure) J 947 05:28, 21 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Rothesay Brandane A.F.C.[edit]

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Non-notable amateur sports team, fails WP:GNG and WP:ORG. PROD removed citing coverage in local newspaper, although only one source given; I presume such coverage will be of the WP:ROUTINE variety. Consensus at WP:FOOTY is that teams playing at amateur level in Scotland are generally not notable, except those that have qualified for the (senior) Scottish Cup, which this team haven't. Jellyman (talk) 12:55, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:10, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:10, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:10, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - in a relatively small isolated community such as this, the football club seems to be of at least local significance, receiving discussion both on the Isle of Bute and the Rothesay, Bute pages. I'm not sure if this is a keep or not, I want to spend some time researching further. But rather than a delete, I think at the minimum the outcome should be merge some of the text and redirect to Rothesay, Bute - which I agree is not normally what do - but there is already a paragraph on the team there, in what is otherwise a fairly small article. Nfitz (talk) 16:35, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:FOOTYN, no indication the club has played in a national competition, no indication of any other achievements garnering sufficient significant, independent coverage to satisfy GNG. Would not want any content merged, given the relatively insignificant nature of the club, the brief mention in the town article is sufficient. Fenix down (talk) 13:58, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't thinking of much more merge than adding a sentence or so, with one or two references. I was going to clean up the existing text, but I see that someone just beat me to that. I'd think a redirect could stay in place. Nfitz (talk) 18:31, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A merge / redirect is probably a reasonable compromise, then. Jellyman (talk) 18:14, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. Giant Snowman 18:33, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or Merge - article has recived a fair amount of coverage, while most of the citations might be from local sources I think this article might be notable. If not its content should be merged to the article about the town as it is clear that the team has played a big part in its history. Inter&anthro (talk) 17:05, 9 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Rothesay, Bute. I'd leave a redirect given that the article has been there for a decade, and there is no harm. I've taken the liberty of merging anything that looks worth saving into the article. Nfitz (talk) 00:45, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, J 947 05:01, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect as suggested seems an appropriate way to go. Dunarc (talk) 14:20, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect, I have moved the image of the stadium to the main Rothesay page. The passage on Brandane there looks sufficient for a club of that stature. Crowsus (talk) 19:47, 13 March 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.