Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SPSL Cup

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 20:34, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

SPSL Cup

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Previously deleted after a Prod, now recreated. Unverifiable, and at best fails WP:N completely. 6 Google hits[1], most not about this SPSL Cup. No Google Books, News (archive) or Scholar hits.

Also nominated are SPSL Cup Playoffs and the previously deleted Template:SPSLCup, now recreated (see Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 October 8#Template:SPSLCup). Fram (talk) 12:43, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 15:35, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stated in a November 15 post game article "when the Southern Premier Soccer League (SPSL) final is contested this spring." Treyvo (talk) 17:36, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Giant Snowman 14:26, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete article about an event that is maybe, possibly, potentially happening sometime in the future...methinks not. Giant Snowman 14:32, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't matter whether you think there will be a final. It states there will be a final this spring. Treyvo (talk) 22:53, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:10, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, here's my tuppence worth:
1. Strong Delete for the template - the commonly accepted minimum number of links for a template is five, this template only contains two redlinks so it's no use at the moment and is unlikely to be for a while.
2. Merge the SPSL Cup Playoffs article into Southern Premier Soccer League - I don't think there's any real need for a separate article for semi-pro playoffs, but there's plenty of information that would be useful on the main league article.
3. Very Weak Keep for SPSL Cup, on the basis that we have articles for the Southern League Cup and Isthmian League Cup, two competitions at a similar level of football (although much better established). Of course, I'm aware that this is a WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS argument, hence the very weak keep. Failing that, this could also be merged in Southern Premier Soccer League.

--Bettia (talk) 12:02, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Where are the sources to base the SPSL Cup article on? One sentence on a self-published webpage is not quite sufficient to support an article... Fram (talk) 12:40, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The easy answer to that question is there are none! And there aren't likely to be unless this competition lasts for as long as the Southern League or Isthmian League. Therefore, I'm changing my !vote to Merge with Southern Premier Soccer League. Bettia (talk) 15:49, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1. Delete The SPSL will be running by overall table standings (similar to the European leagues) with no playoffs. It was decided to keep league costs down. There is a very likely scenario to be teamed up with other semi-pro leagues to introduce Promotion/Relegation. Treyvo (talk) 20:16, 27 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.