Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Star Base Football Club (2nd nomination)

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. Multiple editors are not convinced by the sources brought forward. Randykitty (talk) 13:38, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Star Base Football Club[edit]

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The club clearly does not meet WP:NTEAM and WP:GNG. They're not participating in any level of Nigerian League either professional or semi-professional. The claim of Fusion Football Championship being a league is false, the tournament is hosted by the local FA and definitely not enough coverage for a page. Jamiebuba (talk) 17:07, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Football and Nigeria. Jamiebuba (talk) 17:07, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:17, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep it is important to note that this team do not have a page because of the league they play in but the competition they have participated in and the coverage they have received. Felixdgreat (talk) 23:35, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
We have gone through this some two years ago and it was shown that this team has received some level of coverage, plus they have participated in the preliminary round of the National Cup in the last couple of years. Felixdgreat (talk) 08:02, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Felixdgreat, Please explain what you mean by "National Cup", again if the league itself was notable and semi-professional as you claim then it would have a page as it would have met WP:N. The sourcing of this article heavily relies on Sports247. From what I understand from a check, it doesn't have any editorial oversight. Jamiebuba (talk) 01:04, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Jamiebuba, except it has been updated, one of the criteria to show notability is when the club has participated in the National Cup or its preliminary rounds, and Star Base and most of the other clubs in the Fusion Championship have played in it. In fact, a team from that the Fusion Championship won the Lagos State FA Cup and represented the state at the Aiteo Cup. As for the Fusion Championship, I think it's eligible to have a page as teams that participate in it play in the preliminary round of the National Cup. But at this point, I am exhausted, so, if other editors agree it doesn't pass the notability test, then go ahead and delete. Felixdgreat (talk) 17:20, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails GNG, ORG. There are no IS RS with SIGCOV addressing the subject directly and indepth. Source eval:

Database record >> 1. "StarBase FC". www.finelib.com. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
Interview, game news >> 2. ^ Okugbe, Jerry (29 August 2021). "Fusion Football Championship: 'We Were The Better Team' - Starbase FC's Ibrahim Agoro Says After Netting Brace In Win Over GSC FC". Latest Sports and Football News in Nigeria | Sports247. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
Routine game news >> 3. ^ Bamisebi, Samuel (30 July 2021). "Eguavoen Goal Not Enough To Save Starbase FC From Huge Loss". Latest Sports and Football News in Nigeria | Sports247. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
Database record >> 4. ^ "StarBase FC". Nigeria Football Teams. Nigeria Football Teams. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
Routine team news >> 5. ^ Adeniji, Tosin (9 September 2020). "Starbase Football Club Appoints New Head Coach". Latest Sports and Football News in Nigeria | Sports247. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
Routine game news >> 6. ^ Okugbe, Jerry (8 July 2021). "Fusion Football Championship: Starbase FC Coach Olu Akinfolarin 'Not Happy' Despite 4-3 Win Over North York FC". Latest Sports and Football News in Nigeria | Sports247. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

BEFORE showed nothing that meets SIGCOV, game news, database, promo. // Timothy :: talk 06:04, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found please ping me. Giant Snowman 11:31, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep playing national cup, and with media coverage like this; one editor above dismisses this as routine - but there's no justification for that - scores and brief match reports are routine. Full blown articles about major hirings meet GNG. Nfitz (talk) 05:52, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris ^talk! 09:53, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete [1] has a few sentences about the club, but does look like it may be a re-hashed press release, due to NPOV language such as hence the appointment of Olu as the new man to thinker the team. Doesn't look to be any other significant coverage, which WP:THREE sources could be used to show that they meet WP:GNG? Joseph2302 (talk) 10:06, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Per Felixdgreat and Nfitz. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 03:14, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Guerillero ^{Parlez Moi} 10:29, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. There are three half-decent sources, but that appears to be the extent of coverage. SWinxy (talk) 20:04, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete As per source analysis by Timothy. MrsSnoozyTurtle 00:54, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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