Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irish Games Association

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, no consensus. SushiGeek 07:58, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Irish Games Association

There is no assertion of notability in this article. They're just some group that tries to make sports popular. This is written like an ad and a google search gets 193 hits. [1] A Clown in the Dark 01:47, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy delete as I think this is an A7 (which covers non-notable groups). WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 01:54, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
• Slow delete - well it organized an event, so there is some assertion of achievement, however, it admits to having no official powers, and appears to be a minor lobby group.ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 02:14, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete at a moderate speed, per comments above.-Polotet 03:18, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy per above. SorryGuy 06:50, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. Not sure if I'm allowed to vote (will check later), as I'm a member of the IGA. I'm not the author, though, although I think one of the edits may have been mine (June '05). In response to some of the above comments: the IGA doesn't try "to make sports popular", it promotes gaming (all of the types listed on that disambiguation page with the exception of gambling). It has, thus far, organised 17 annual conventions, which themselves have raised over €70,000 for children's charities in Ireland. In my opinion, that makes the IGA notable. Admittedly the article could use some expansion, something I'd be happy to do if its retained. Bastun 09:46, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I've looked at various deletion pages and can't find anything suggesting I'm not allowed to vote. My comment above explains the reasons for my vote. In addition, while a google search does only return 192 results, a search for 'Gaelcon', the IGA's main annual convention, returns 15,600 results.[2] Bastun 13:43, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, after recent expansion. Mukadderat 17:23, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as per Mukadderat Startup account 23:19, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

• Keep although it still needs further expansion Kiffer.geo 10:58, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as insufficiently notable. - Runcorn 21:44, 26 April 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.