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The result was no consensus. Fenix down ( talk) 21:07, 14 September 2020 (UTC) reply

1988–89 Newport County A.F.C. season

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Fails WP:NSEASONS. REDMAN 2019 ( talk) 13:09, 23 August 2020 (UTC) reply

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Oppose Owain ( talk) 13:38, 23 August 2020 (UTC) reply

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• Delete - fails GNG/NSEASONS; see also recent AFD consensus. Giant Snowman 14:41, 23 August 2020 (UTC) reply

That AFD, as the closer noted, was a narrow consensus for a 9th tier team. This one is for a 5th tier team. It's not comparable! Nfitz ( talk) 04:16, 30 August 2020 (UTC) reply

If you're looking for something comparable, there have been 18 AfDs on fifth tier seasons in the last month ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18), all of which have ended in deletion. Number 5 7 11:40, 30 August 2020 (UTC) reply

• Delete - as OP fails GNG Deathlibrarian ( talk) 08:54, 24 August 2020 (UTC) reply
• Keep - This season is considerably more promising. I have access to Newspapers.com and The Times Digital Archive which yields the following major results (all require registration): The Guardian, 3 April 1989, The Observer, 15 May 1988, The Guardian, 3 March 1989, The Guardian, 31 March 1989, The Times, 18 August 1988, The Times, 19 August 1988, The Times, 16 December 1988, The Times, 28 February 1989, The Times, 11 March 1989, The Times, 6 April 1989

These publications have pretty consistent independent coverage of the events of the season, obviously circulating around the liquidation. There are also plenty of snippet mentions in columns and other coverage. I don't have access to the British Newspaper Archive, but a basic search there also has some very promising possibilities from the time period. I think there's a strong case for WP:GNG being met here. Kosack ( talk) 14:30, 24 August 2020 (UTC) reply

• I've spent the morning adding what I can from the sources I mentioned. There are still a few Times articles left over, but the meat of the page is there now I feel to meet GNG. Kosack ( talk) 09:24, 25 August 2020 (UTC) reply

• Keep per Kosack. Microwave Anarchist ( talk) 19:06, 24 August 2020 (UTC) reply
• Delete per nom Spiderone 20:44, 24 August 2020 (UTC) reply
• Delete per WP:NSEASONS failure. Number 5 7 08:40, 26 August 2020 (UTC) reply
• Keep - significant coverage, as noted above - which isn't surprising as they'd just been demoted from Division 4, and had significant media coverage at the beginning of the season, and then again later in the season when they were expelled, and finally as the team went bankrupt. Nfitz ( talk) 04:13, 30 August 2020 (UTC) reply

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• Keep - multiple coverage from national sources, so meets WP:GNG Chris ( talk) 06:39, 8 September 2020 (UTC) reply

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