Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tampa Bay Bandits (A11FL)

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 redirect to A-11 Football League. Note that Chicago Staggs (A11FL), Dallas Wranglers (A11FL), Michigan Panthers (A11FL), and New Jersey Generals (A11FL) were never nominated, and I can not redirect them just like this.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:58, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tampa Bay Bandits (A11FL)[edit]

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This article is about a proposed team in a proposed football league (the A-11 Football League) does not yet exit and might not ever exist. It's already mentioned in a section in Tampa Bay Bandits, the article about the USFL team.

Right now, that's enough. It's premature to have an article about this version of the team, which at this point exists only as a recycled name and logo.

And, as a side note, I haven't looked for articles about other proposed A11FL teams, but if they're out there, they should also be deleted until / unless it becomes clear that they will actually exist. Zeng8r (talk) 23:06, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It must stay up so that other authors can find the appropriate articles and reference them. Sadly, once a page goes up, it's taken down WAY to quickly before it even has a chance to sprout legs. NostalgiaBuff97501 (talk) 23:25, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There are no other sources to reference; I've looked. The article fails Wikipedia's general notability guidelines as there's just no news or info out there about the new Bandits. Since the initial announcement, the only mention of the team has been a single article on tampabay.com announcing that the showcase game was cancelled. The newspaper didn't even bother to put it into its print version, and no other news source seems to have picked it up, either. The team doesn't even have an official website, and the A11FL hasn't updated its own website or its Facebook or Twitter accounts in months.

As a kid, I was a huge fan of the original Bandits, so I was intrigued when I heard about the new version. Sadly, it looks like they might never actually exist. There's simply no there there. Zeng8r (talk) 23:46, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE: These additional articles about A11FL franchises should also be included in this deletion discussion, since they also suffer from the same notability issues. Zeng8r (talk) 23:54, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Florida-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:43, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:43, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:43, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect all to A-11 Football League. It would take an exceptional amount of coverage for a team which has never even played a game to be notable, and I don't see that level of coverage here -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:41, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect That's a good idea, Chris; I'll officially change my delete vote. A redirect is better, just in case the league really does come to fruition and individual team articles are needed again. Zeng8r (talk) 13:31, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect All - These types of startup sports leagues will invariably announce a bunch of team, but until they start playing, there's no guarantee any of them will make it to launch day (or any guarantee the league itself will make it to launch day). -- Whpq (talk) 13:35, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect all. This article subject and the related A-11 team articles currently do not satisfy the notability requirements for an organization. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 05:14, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect all - An obvious call for a prospective future league. Carrite (talk) 16:48, 3 July 2014 (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.