Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Farrington Gurney F.C.

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. JForget 00:15, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Farrington Gurney F.C.

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I originally PRODded this article on an amateur football (soccer) club with the rationale "Never played at a notable level of football". The creator of the article, who is also the team's manager, disputed it on my talk page, saying that I was small-minded for nominating it and that the club needed a WP article to become better known and thus progress in football. Thus I bring it to AfD -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - non-notable team; we must also take into account the
self-promotion issues that arise with the author's motive. Giant Snowman 14:38, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply
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Delete - falls way below the required level of football for notability Spiderone 15:24, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Can't find any evidence of it passing
Wp:FOOTYN. (And how can having a Wikipedia page cause you to progress in football?) DitzyNizzy (aka Jess)|(talk to me)|(What I've done) 15:47, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply
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Delete. My understanding is that English football teams must normally reach the top 10 levels of the football league structure to warrant an article. This team is at level 14, so they would be four promotions away from qualifying for a Wikipedia article. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 20:12, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – as per nominator – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 18:36, 8 November 2009 (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.