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Article about a low level American football team without independent sourcing to confirm claims. I am not aware of any other Division II teams with separate articles for their sports teams.TM 15:30, 6 February 2017 (UTC)reply
KeepWP:CFBTEAMS suggests that teams that participate in NCAA football are considered notable as long as there are sources documenting their notability. Minot State would appear to clear this bar; they receive regular, non-routine coverage in regional newspapers (e.g.
[1][2][3]), and occasional coverage in national news (e.g.
[4][5]).
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Creation 18:40, 11 February 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep - 100+ sibling Division II team articles can be seen linked via the "Nickname" column at
List of NCAA Division II football programs. Additional citations within this article are welcome, but current Division II football membership is observed via the lone existing citation.
UW Dawgs (
talk) 19:14, 11 February 2017 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
B E C K Y S A Y L E S 06:37, 14 February 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep per the coverage listed above by TheCatalyst31. Also, per the established precedent of having articles for DII football programs.
Lepricavark (
talk) 14:37, 14 February 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep college football teams for four year institutions at pretty much all levels of play tend to generate enough coverage to pass
WP:GNG. Although there are exceptions, I see no reason to think this would be one.--
Paul McDonald (
talk) 15:52, 14 February 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep per TheCatalyst31 and long standing historical precedent.
Ejgreen77 (
talk) 12:16, 17 February 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep.
Minot State University is a small school with 2,200 undergraduate students and 170 academic staff persons. The Minot State football program jumped from the
NAIA (very low level for small colleges) to
NCAA Division II (a significant promotion, but still lower level) in 2011. While I doubt that season articles would be warranted, the program as a whole has arguably received significant coverage in multiple independent sources sufficient to satisfy
WP:GNG. In addition to items cited by the Catalyst, further examples of the coverage include the following:
this,
this,
this,
this, and
this.
Cbl62 (
talk) 18:36, 17 February 2017 (UTC)reply
Keep per the above !votes. Corkythehornetfan (ping me) 13:59, 19 February 2017 (UTC)reply
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