Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Team NoA

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 No consensus Computerjoe's talk 19:49, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Team NoA

This article has been deleted twice in its current form as a speedy, and never saw AFD. It does, however, appear to assert notability; compare with SK Gaming or Team 3D. Someone poked me last night, having found a cached version of the article, and I undeleted it provisionally. Since I'm not entirely sold on whether or not such groups should have articles, however, it seemed best to bring it to AFD. Thoughts? Shimgray | talk | 13:24, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - I did the poking. Even though I do not follow competitive gaming, I had heard of this clan. It is a professional team, and has received some success in its past. They aren't as prominent now, they have won at various points the Cyberathlete Professional League, World e-Sports Games and Electronic Sports World Cup Counter-Strike competitions, so have been right at the highest tier of play. There has been a similar vote for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ninjas in Pyjamas. - Hahnchen 15:01, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
• I think if any clans are going to be considered notable by WP standards, then this one probably at least has a fairer claim than many. It's certainly not as cut-and-dried as your usual bunch of 15-year-old amateurs thinking they're incredibly important. If they are genuinely a noted, professional team, and if good verifiability of the fact can be found, then I'd go for a tentative weak keep. Seb Patrick 15:32, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete notable, but some secondary sources would be grand. Kotepho 16:50, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. One of the most famous teams in the number one online game in the world. —Aiden 17:48, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep NoA is well known and the only clan that won CPL and WEG —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wedderkop (talk • contribs)
• Delete, while it may be among the more notable ones, it is still a gaming clan, which are not notable enough for articles. -- Kjkolb 20:44, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete current form. This has at least an assertion of notability, so I endorse bringing it through process. If it had citations to reliable sources in order to establish the notability, I'd even vote keep. If I haven't been back but the citations are there, the closing admin should feel free to count my vote the other way around. GRBerry 01:35, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
• 'Delete, nn game clan. User:Zoe|^(talk) 03:01, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Professional team [1]. Major industry sponsors [2], [3]. Excellent article. An obvious keeper at every level. --JJay 21:52, 3 June 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.