Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rugby league in Ireland

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 of the debate was Keep. --Titoxd^(?!?) 03:14, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rugby league in Ireland

Speedy delete. There is no RL competition in Ireland although abortive attempts have been made to start the game there. The minimal information in the article should be added to a more general RL article. There is nothing here that justifies an independent article. GeorgeWilliams 10:42, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

• Delete It is not a popular team sport in Ireland. [1] gives a totally misleading impression of its scale and popularity which is somewhere well below throwing a ball as far as you can down a road. I suppose there's a case for merging all these misleading substubs into Rugby League Dlyons493 Talk 11:42, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  • the Ireland team lost 22-6 to the Cook Islands from Ireland_national_rugby_league_team. I think that says it all. There is no need for separate articles. Dlyons493 Talk 22:27, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Rugby league is definately played in Ireland. No-one is claiming it is a major sport, but it certainly exists. Ireland Rugby League Grinner 10:24, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

I have re-written the page to an extent. Grinner 12:01, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

• Keep Not a hoax. These pages are a work in progress. Have patience. Ireland have bee playing as recently as the last few weeks. Just because your not familiar with the topic, doesn't mean its not worthy. This is not the first attempt of this style of culling by this person before. Refer to my user rugby league page POds 12:24, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep If there isn't a separate article the information cannot be categorised properly. CalJW 13:39, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep The history of a major team sport in a country where it is played is certainly encyclopedic. Sam Vimes 22:49, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep There is something like a 15-team competition in Ireland. They recently hosted a game of the ENC. RL is most certainly played there.Smerk

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.