Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23

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 keep. It seems there is obvious consensus to keep this article, unnecessary to leave it open for the remaining two hours. (non-admin closure) Anarchyte (work | talk) 13:04, 19 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23[edit]

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Youth sports league which fails WP:GNG and WP:BRANCH, almost all youth leagues are non-notable, and "[a]s a general rule, the individual chapters of national and international organizations are usually not considered notable enough to warrant a separate article - unless they are substantially discussed by reliable independent sources that extend beyond the chapter's local area." SanAnMan (talk) 15:29, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep Not a youth team. It was the name of the farm team, also known as their Reserves and later became the Whitecaps FC 2. Several senior players played on the side either as a result of training after injury or as a demotion. Walter Görlitz (talk) 08:26, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep - is this a joke? Since when was a 4th tier team not notable. Youth?1? Nfitz (talk) 17:26, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- In Canada, fourth-tier teams are usually not notable. Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:34, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  - 3rd Canadian tier - played in USPDL, 4th American tier, and received much more media coverage than a typical USPDL team. Nfitz (talk) 20:51, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    - I'm quite familiar with the Canadian interdependence on the US system, and it's not even the third tier in Canada because there first two tiers are American leagues (MLS and NASL respectively), but you asked when a fourth-tier team is not notable: it's in countries where the sport is not the prominent sport. However, this team is sufficiently notable. Other teams in this league are not notable. Walter Görlitz (talk) 23:34, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      - Which team in Premier Development League isn't notable? All the ones that have played a full season, have articles. Nfitz (talk) 17:38, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 02:51, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of British Columbia-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 02:51, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It's not a youth team, it's a reserves team, and PDL teams are notable. Smartyllama (talk) 17:50, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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