Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sproughton Tennis 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. The presence of other articles is not an reason to keep the article in discussion. WP:INN may provide useful reading on this topic. Proto ► 11:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sproughton Tennis Club

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Local tennis club. Remind me: are they of themselves notable? Does having raised a Wimbledon champion make it notable? -- RHaworth 21:00, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

• The very fact that they did raise a future Wimbledon champion makes them notable to people who have more than a passing interest in the sport. There have sadly been few enough champions to emanate from the UK, so it should be of considerable interest to find out further details about the past of one of them. James was playing in the first team at the age of 9 and was a regular member until he obtained a scholarship at Bisham Abbey as a teenager. His father was the club coach for many years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sproughtontennis (talk • contribs) Author of the article. Shall we take that as a keep? -- RHaworth 08:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

• I do not understand why there should be a request to delete this entry. There are many other articles on tennis clubs located in Wikipedia which have stubs only and there is no indication that they have been subject to possible deletion. Further they appear to have no claim to fame whereas as has already been explained a former champion "cut their teeth" at Sproughton. --Sproughtontennis 21:02, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete with no verifiable claims to notability through reliable sources. Nuttah68 18:18, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete non-notable as Nuttah68 shows. Places or gorups associated with a notble person (and he isn't yet Tim Henman) are not automatically notable themselves. Eluchil404 07:59, 28 February 2007 (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.