Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harvard Fencing Team

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The result was Keep but cleanup.  (aeropagitica)   (talk)    14:46, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Harvard Fencing Team

Article is predominantly cruft, most of which is unjustifiable. Primary contributor is AmyLi (talk · contribs), who appears to be a member of the team, which is a possible violation of the vanity guidelines. Sending to AfD to see what others want to do. Isopropyl 23:56, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep as winners of the the 2006 NCAA championship and having been around for 100+ years, I think they pass the notability bar. It does require a lot of clean up and more sourcing. Love how the first 111 of 118 years is classified as the "Early Years"--Gay Cdn (talk) (email) (Contr.) 01:18, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment. Yeah, it needs a lot of cleanup. I don't know how much of an article there will be after the nonsense is removed, but the highlights could probably be compiled along with the rest of Harvard athletics into a single sports page; see, for example, Michigan Wolverines. Isopropyl 02:15, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep "the first organized collegiate fencing team in the United States". Cleanup issues are not a matter for AfD. - CrazyRussian talk/email 04:56, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep - Team is notable as NCAA champions. Quality is a seperate issue to be addressed elsewhere. Badbilltucker 12:50, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

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