Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Birmingham Blaze Football Club

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. - Mailer Diablo 15:40, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Birmingham Blaze Football Club

English football clubs below level 10 in the football league system are considered not notable per discussion on the Football WikiProject. An article on an amateur club playing in an amateur league far below that level should thus be deleted. – Elisson • Talk 12:59, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

• This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related deletions. – Elisson • Talk 13:01, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, team only formed in 2005, doesn't even play in a regular league won't start playing in a regular league until next month, and it is well outside the English league pyramid. No other claim to notability. Qwghlm 13:06, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep- notable as one of the largest football teams in the UK for gays. This is not just any other gay amatuer football team Astrotrain 13:10, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Positive discrimination for gay people? Not very NPOV. – Elisson • Talk 14:32, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
    • And still this "not just any other amateur football team" has no claim whatsoever that would make it notable for inclusion in Wikipedia. – Elisson • Talk 14:47, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
      • It would be a shame to delete an article on an interesting topic- obviously if gay football teams were ten a penny then there would be a case for deletion- but as this is the first I believe, and maybe even the largest- then it should be included. Astrotrain 14:56, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
        • There are already articles on the topic (for example Gay Football Supporters Network), and this team was not the first gay team, and it does not meet the criteria for inclusion as it is way down the league system. There are not many (if any) teams with only left-footed players out there, but just because we find one such team in an obscure league does not mean we should include it. – Elisson • Talk 15:05, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete since the selection criteria for players have no bearing on either the level of playt or the importance of the club. Just zis Guy you know? 14:30, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, unless notability can be demonstrated beyond the fact that they are a gay football team in a minor league. Has the team received significant coverage in mainstream sources? And I don't mean stuff like this actually written by team members. Stonewall FC have had that sort of coverage, and deserve an article. Good luck to the Blaze - I think what they're doing to break down barriers is admirable, and looks like a lot of fun. But it's not encyclopedic. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 15:38, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete There is nothing notable here nor can I find anything from independent, reliable sources. -- Alias Flood 01:10, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - fails WP:CORP. BlueValour 00:23, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Not notable, and unlikely ever to make their way up to the Premiership, gay or otherwise. Being gay doesn't make you notable, if it did, there would be millions more entries on Wikipedia than there are now. --Stevefarrell 09:09, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

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.