Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rugby Alberta

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The result was no consensus. Michig (talk) 11:31, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rugby Alberta

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Unreferenced articles about a regional sports organization which does not meet

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Oppose - This is one of the provincial rugby union organisations in Canada, which fall immediately below the national one, Rugby Canada. Therefore it is one of the most notable.-MacRùsgail (talk) 15:48, 29 December 2014 (UTC) p.s. Note that nominator did not list this nomination on rugby union pages.[reply]

Can you provide a policy based argument that does not sound like

WP:INHERITED?- McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 16:06, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply

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I have taken you up on this "inherited" business on one of the other deletion discussions on Canadian rugby. I do not see the relevance here, and would appreciate the minimal use of jargon here please.-MacRùsgail (talk) 13:55, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Divided opinion —

Oppose — I would prefer to keep the Rugby Alberta article. It is a regional governing body. Articles regarding regional governing bodies are common across rugby articles, several of which are better developed. See, for example, Southern California Rugby Football Union. The main problem seems to be that this article is a stub, which is a fixable problem.

The WP:RU Notability Guideline is silent on the subject. That guideline sets forth notability guidelines for biographies and for clubs, but not for governing bodies. If you want, you can start a discussion on the WP:RU talk page suggesting notability guidelines for governing bodies.

Support — I agree with deleting the other five articles. The Edmonton and Calgary articles don't seem notable, given their limited geographic scope, and the fact that they are merely sub-organizations within Rugby Alberta. The three club articles don't meet the criteria for clubs described in the WP:RU Notability Guideline, and I support deleting them. Barryjjoyce (talk) 02:58, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:45, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Rcsprinter¹²³ (gas) @ 14:52, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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