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The result was keep. Not closing as withdrawn due to standing !deletes, but there is now a consensus here to keep per new sourcing.
(non-admin closure)Schminnte [
talk to me 19:15, 29 January 2024 (UTC)reply
This is a football team in the 8th division of the Belgian league pyramid. There is zero coverage about it online (apart from the usual stats websites). It was tagged in 2012 and it still fails notability guidelines. Recently PRODed then DEPRODed so nominating it here.
Sgubaldo (
talk) 15:09, 9 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Withdrawn by nominator -
Gidonb found coverage in multiple reliable sources and article has been improved.
Sgubaldo (
talk) 14:57, 22 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Delete – The only source of the article is the club's Facebook page.
Svartner (
talk) 17:20, 9 January 2024 (UTC)reply
This and all similar arguments below fail the golden
WP:NEXIST rule: Notability is based on the existence of suitable sources, not on the state of sourcing in an article, hence should be discounted to the fullest extent.
gidonb (
talk) 17:17, 20 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Note: This discussion has been included in
WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions.
GiantSnowman 19:41, 10 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found please ping me.
GiantSnowman 19:44, 10 January 2024 (UTC)reply
@
GiantSnowman: - another editor has presented some sources below. I haven't looked at them, so have no opinion at this point, but as you asked to be pinged I have pinged you :-) --
ChrisTheDude (
talk) 13:08, 16 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Keep per sources below which show notability.
GiantSnowman 18:55, 16 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Delete Agree with nomination, unless someone can prove otherwise.Govvy (
talk) 20:27, 10 January 2024 (UTC)reply
I am still a little on the fence, but I will strike my delete per the updates to the article.
Govvy (
talk) 10:51, 24 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Delete - As the person who originally PROD this, I agree here.HawkAussie (
talk) 09:00, 11 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Since you raised the PROD yourself: why did you prod this if there is not even the beginning of a case for deletion? Which part of "must" in the following WP policy is unclear?
PROD must only be used if no opposition to the deletion is expected.gidonb (
talk) 14:24, 20 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Especially with sources now being put in and the article being expanded, I do feel like it's now a Keep.
HawkAussie (
talk) 21:02, 25 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Delete per the above; unable to find any meaningful independent coverage of this club.
Left guide (
talk) 23:03, 11 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Keep per the coverage presented below, which clearly satisfies
WP:GNG.
Left guide (
talk) 21:30, 16 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Delete per all above. No evidence of notability.
REDMAN 2019 (
talk) 14:34, 13 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Keep. Constant coverage in HN, HLN, and GVA.
[1] A few coverage examples:
[2][3][4][5] Note that Belgium doesn't have an equally accessible newspaper archive as
Delpher in the Netherlands. So these examples are recent. The club has been around since 1927.
gidonb (
talk) 07:25, 16 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Keep - Significant coverage in two reliable sources identified by
Gidonb. This discussion seems to be the worst kind of
WP:SNOW with only
Left guide having claimed to have done any searching. ~
Kvng (
talk) 13:00, 16 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: To discuss sources just flagged by gidonb Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, StarMississippi 15:04, 16 January 2024 (UTC)reply
While the
nomination has been withdrawn, there are extant delete !votes so I h ave not closed it, but it's certainly also trending toward a keep thanks to the sourcing. StarMississippi 14:36, 22 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
NotAGenious (
talk) 14:45, 23 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Keep. There are good sources, so there are good reasons to keep the article despite the low league tier. --
Ouro (
blah blah) 15:10, 23 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Comment Keep per me? I posted delete above, but then nobody pinged me about changes to the article! So I might just strike my delete.
Govvy (
talk) 10:49, 24 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Comment. Not sure why this is still open. The deletes carry no weight.
gidonb (
talk) 05:46, 29 January 2024 (UTC)reply
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