Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Montpellier Sharks

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The result was redirect to Elite One Championship. Randykitty (talk) 16:02, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Montpellier Sharks

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Deprodded with the rationale, "that would (be the) rationale for rugby players, not rugby clubs", referring to the prod reason that it doesn't meet notability criteria. However, that's simply not true, WP:NTEAM basically defaults to WP:GNG, which this team does not meet. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 17:25, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Club with professional players, including international players, due to play in the French Elite One Championship from the 2019-20 season, one of the top competitions in world rugby. Were it to be a player playing for that club, the rationale would be valid for delete, but given that this is the whole club it would seem churlish to delete. Almost like someone wanted Montpellier to fail???Fleets (talk) 17:40, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:58, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:58, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:20, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Elite One Championship until we get confirmation from a reliable source that the team will be in that competition. Every team in the competition is blue-linked (Template:Rugby League in France), so I take it that we presume automatic notability for competition entrants. For the top-level competition in a rugby league country that presumption seems appropriate. The only problem is that the article goes no further than saying that the club aims to be in the competition. There is nothing notable about aiming to do something. Nor, at this stage, is there significant coverage in reliable sources. Redirecting will mean that the helpful content that has been created can easily be restored if and when competition entry is confirmed. --Mkativerata (talk) 09:46, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Re-create if and when they are confirmed to be competing at pro level. J Mo 101 (talk) 08:31, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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