Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rugby league in Lebanon

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^(?!?) 03:15, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rugby league in Lebanon

Speedy delete. This article is a disgrace. RL is not played IN Lebanon but the sport in Australia is played by a number of Lebanese ex-pats and, in order to artificially increase the number of teams playing in its so-called "World Cup", the RFL included a team that largely consisted of these ex-pats and called it the Lebanon national team. This is disinformation of the worst possible kind and it has to be said that it is typical of certain elements in the RL fraternity who will go to any lengths to "talk up" their undeniably minor sport. GeorgeWilliams 10:49, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

• comment The Lebanese Rugby League website suggests there has been a domestic league since 2002. Its contact address is in Lebanon. Are you sure they don't play there? The two national teams seem to be one made of Australians, and the other made of local Lebanese players. I agree the current article is useless. --Scott Davis ^Talk 12:36, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. There is a Lebanese rugby league team. It has won the Mediterrean Cup for the third year in a row with other nations participating including Morocco, France and Serbia-Montenegro. This year, they beat France in the final see [1] France has a long history in rugby league although it is overshadowed by rugby union. Nevertheless, the French played Australia last month. 102,000 Google hits for "Rugby League" Lebanon see
• Keep Not a hoax. Do some research before declaring these pages are a Hoax. For example, see the references or external links at the bottom of the pages. POds 12:21, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

[2]. Hasem El-Masri who played for Lebanon set an Australian point scoring record in 2004 as the Canterbury Bulldogs won the competition. While the current article isn't much chop, I will clean it up. As for the use of ex-pats, Jack Charlton used the same tactic to great effect when coaching the Republic of Ireland. Capitalistroadster 18:02, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

• Keep This one especially over any of the others nominated. Lebanon had a team in the last RL World Cup for goodness sake! Keresaspa 14:36, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep The history of a major team sport in countries where it has been played at a senior level is encyclopedic. Sam Vimes 22:55, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep I have added some actual content to the article now. Grinner 15:43, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Grinner's expansion --Scott Davis ^Talk 13:46, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Ridiculous. Please do not waste time by making claims like this, if you even did the slightest research you would know that RL is indeed played in Lebanon. Instead of disturbing Wikipedia, find some other way to satisfy your dislike for Rugby League.Smerk ^Talk

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