Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/University at Buffalo Rugby Football Club

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The result was keep. Cleaned up & cites added since nomination. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 00:57, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

University at Buffalo Rugby Football Club

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No establishment of notability. Primary sources are the only references in the article. US university club sports are not typically notable on Wikipedia.

PROD of the article was contested. X96lee15 (talk) 17:20, 22 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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~~Delete~~. Lack of independent coverage in reliable sources. The reference added today was for a press release published by the club. ~~It's getting clearer that the club does not meet the notability requirements.~~ —C.Fred (talk) 20:08, 22 April 2015 (UTC) (amended 21:00, 22 April 2015 (UTC))[reply]

Keep. Under the WikiProject Rugby Union notability guidelines, college rugby teams playing in Division 1-A are presumed notable. UB Rugby is covered in several national rugby media: Rugby Today, This Is American Rugby, and Goff Rugby Report. I've just added several relevant cites to the article. Barryjjoyce (talk) 20:15, 22 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and clean up. Barryjjoyce, thank you for adding the references and adding that the club is playing Division 1-A Rugby. (Side note: That article needs its member table updated to list Buffalo.) I agree with the presumptive notability since the club is playing D1-A; in light of that, the best outcome for the article is to continue to add independent sources and build an article, maintaining neutral point of view, that covers the team. —C.Fred (talk) 21:00, 22 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Barryjjoyce -MacRùsgail (talk) 16:54, 23 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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