Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Good Friday Shield

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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. --Coredesat 03:03, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Good Friday Shield

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This sporting event is not notable; a Google search turns up three hits, two of which are Wikipedia. Article was prodded, but creator removed tag. Might be speedy-able. --Akhilleus (talk) 05:23, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete No sources, and it appears extremely likely that no sources exist. JavaTenor 06:21, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per JavaTenor. For all the limitations of the "Google test", it's not a good sign when the only Google hits are Wikipedia and a forum comment bragging that the subject is on Wikipedia. —Celithemis 06:38, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  • This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related deletions. ChrisTheDude 08:21, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - competition between two secondary schools' ex-pupil's sides is patently non-notable. Qwghlm 08:54, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - per nom. -- Mattythewhite 09:45, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete nn Sporting event. ffm ✎talk 13:38, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as non notable sporting event. --Cyrus Andiron 15:02, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Non notable. ♦Tangerines BFC ♦·Talk 20:12, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Kurotsuchi mayuri 10:30, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete and watch for white flakes from above 89.213.8.161 13:28, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep The purpose of an encyclopedia from a user's viewpoint is to discover interesting things you weren't expecting. Stuff everyone already knows is dull. I would not expect an article entitled "The Sky Is Blue" to attract interest-- at least, not from people you'd be interested in. Matthew Joseph Harrington 23:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
WP:POINT! Tearlach 11:48, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
This is a straw man. Please stop stalking me. Matthew Joseph Harrington 17:32, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Keepif someone put this much effort into an article inc.pictures and an info box etc, you would expect the article to be true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.120.161.6 (talk • contribs)
    • The issue is not whether or not the article is true, the issue is whether the information is verifiable (it isn't) and whether, even if it is verifiable, it's notable (general consensus is it isn't). Also, just because a lot of work has gone into an article doesn't automatically mean it isn't a hoax, I've seen some very in-depth hoax articles before now ChrisTheDude 11:59, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
  • It is not a hoax. This is the first article i have put on wikipedia. can you tell me is there a way to verify this? i know this event takes place, i have been at it for three years and help organise it. Over 60 people attended it this year. there were two serious injuries and an ambulance had to be called. would getting a staement off the ambulance service count as verifying? look i understand that if you are going to delete it theres not an awful lot i can do but your assistance or hints on how to keep this article would be greatly appreciated. Legoman17
I'm not sure there is much you can do. The first main requirement, WP:Verifiability, is possible: you'd need to find third-party published references up to the standard of WP:Reliable sources, like newspaper reports, that confirm *everything* said in the article. But the second one is notability: and as others have said, an alumni sports match just isn't going to cut it. Tearlach 13:25, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
  • cant substantiate YET. as much as you all want this to be deleted, i am working on getting some info. how long do i have? Legoman17
Well, you might substantiate, but the only way you're going get notability is if some factor turns up completely outside the parameters of "alumnni football match" - e.g. both teams wiped out in mid-game by a meteorite strike or the first outbreak of a worldwide bird flu pandemic. Tearlach 16:42, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Original research, lacks notability. IMO it just lacks the level of notability to keep. It's not that I question its authenticity, it is just simply not notable. By the authors own admission approximately 60 people attend once a year. If 6000 attended, I bet you would find more info on it. Jokerst44 14:46, 13 April 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.