Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yap football team

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:47, 22 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yap football team[edit]

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PROD removed. Reason for removal was 'this one seems a little iffy for a prod and should go to AFD, if desired'. As I stated in the PROD, the team is not notable. They are a state level side who may have competed at the Micronesian Games as the individual states of Micronesia do enter separate teams. The editions that I can find any information on make no mention of football being one of the sports played, and the only working link relating to games played - the rsssf link - says at the top that the tournament was called the 'WCTC Shell Soccer Exhibition' suggesting it was maybe an 'exhibition' sport rather than anything official. Stu.W UK (talk) 01:14, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oceania-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:17, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete no claim of notability. A sub-division of Micronesia is a remarkably small part of the world. This team doesn't compete at any level. MLA (talk) 22:40, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Giant Snowman 13:57, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - non-notable team that represents a minor region. Giant Snowman 13:58, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. A representative team for a small region which has done nothing of note. Argyle 4 Life^talk 19:16, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No evidence that the body selecting this team has any widespread authority, and so the team has no grounds to claim that it is representative. Kevin McE (talk) 19:53, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails on notability criteria. Zanoni (talk) 08:05, 19 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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