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Weak keep, should certainly be trimmed / improved / sourced, whole sections could go, but it seems a bit unfair to single out this team, as it is only one of a long list
here, and while I realise it's not a real guide to notability, the fact that it has 9 language versions at least show there's some passing interest beyond its homeland and has some historical significance. It's pretty niche stuff, but a lot of others in that list are too and it may be more logical to start from the most obscure and work up, don't want to insult anyone's region but
Seborga national football team looks an example of one with far less merit for inclusion than Silesia.
The name is a topic that's come up previously, particularly relating to the more prominent non-nations like Catalonia. Personally I would have no problem with it being something like 'representative football team' for all of these, but it's been argued that there are quite a few non-sovereign FIFA teams so the word 'national' is really just used to differentiate them from clubs and does not necessarily infer a certain status on the territory in question.
Only other thing is, do Wallonia and Frisia have any sort of combined team that plays matches? That's not meant to be a 'well do they???' question, I'm genuinely not sure, but I couldn't see one on French or Dutch wiki where one might expect to find something snuck away. If they have never had such a team, it's not really fair to compare their non-presence to articles for teams that have demonstrably played matches, even if really long ago and/or at a very low level.
Crowsus (
talk) 22:38, 26 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Keep – There are football teams that cover non-sovereign territories, such as the most notable cases of
Catalonia and the
Basque Country, as well as some
CONIFA members such as
Occitania and
County of Nice. If there are sources that cover the team, there are no problems, as Silesia is competing in the
UEFA Regions' Cup.
Svartner (
talk) 01:35, 27 April 2024 (UTC)reply
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GiantSnowman 09:24, 27 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Weak keep Why is a regional team titled as national? Should be titled
Silesia regional football team. Next whats with the Notable players section? That should be removed. Seems to have been abused? No history section? Must be something surely for the regional team. Certainly needs sorting out.
Govvy (
talk) 12:46, 27 April 2024 (UTC)reply
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Keep could be improved, but the topic is notable - can easily tell by looking at German and Polish language articles, though the Polish one is under sourced by English standards.
SportingFlyerT·C 06:01, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
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CycloneYoristalk! 08:25, 12 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Keep - Per above. Although it has notp played many matches it is a represnetative team that is a topic of interest. Thanks,
Das osmnezz (
talk) 07:16, 14 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Weak Keep, per SportingFlyer and several others.
BeanieFan11 (
talk) 23:34, 17 May 2024 (UTC)reply
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