Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Surrey United
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The result was Withdraw GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 19:23, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
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The article only has a single source, which is the official website of the team, and a google search suggests that this is for good reason; I've been unable to find any indication of notability: the article fails WP:GNG. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 06:37, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
- Strong Keep. Prior to it leaving the league in 2010, Surrey United was one of Canada's premier semi-professional soccer teams with a long history of competing in the Pacific Coast Soccer League, one of the premier semi-professional leagues in North America (roughly on a par with equivalent leagues such as the Blue Square Premier in England - in terms of national status, not quality of play). Deleting this article would create a discrepancy with other teams which competed at the fourth level of the Amerian Soccer Pyramid (the other leagues at this level being the USL Premier Development League and the National Premier Soccer League; admittedly, the article needs work, but there are only a few of us working on minor league soccer teams in North America, and to get everything up to par takes time. It would be better to leave it in place, but add templates for improvement, rather than deleting it outright. --JonBroxton (talk) 06:53, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
- It's all very well using terms like "premier", but presumably if they were a "premier" team competing in such a prestigious league, there would be some mention of them in reliable sources; the presence of reliable sources demonstrating notability is a requirement per WP:GNG. If you can find reliable sources I'll consider withdrawing the nomination, but I found little more than their own website on a google search. Perhaps there are some Canadian newspaper articles someone could dig up to demonstrate notability? GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 12:18, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:53, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
- Keep as per JonBroxton. I live in Vancouver and have never even heard of this team, but JB has demonstrated notability. GiantSnowman 19:01, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
I withdraw my nomination per references now satisfying WP:GNG. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 19:04, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
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