Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Woodlands Swim Team

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The result was no consensus. – Joe (talk) 16:52, 26 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Woodlands Swim Team

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A local swim team for a city of about 100,000. Has had some State-wide success, and claiming to have sent 25 swimmers to Olympic trials (just the trials not the actual Olympics). Some degree of swimming-centric and Texas coverage as one would expect, but I don't see the organization to be notable enough to have an article. Although not unimportant enough to be eligible for speedy delete. kelapstick^(bainuu) 15:35, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 18:07, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 18:07, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 18:07, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Merge, tentatively, or Keep. This topic may be notable enough to Keep on its own, and anyhow it should not be outright deleted because a good wp:ATD is available: merge to a list-article on swim clubs in the U.S. Too many PRODs and AFDs just eliminate material; we should look for alternatives to deletion; merger to list-articles is often a good one. Sometimes that requires just going ahead and creating the list-article, which I'll do right now. List of swim teams in the United States or List of swim clubs in the United States, corresponding to Category:Swim teams in the United States which currently has 10 members:
I'm not going to put too much effort into the list-article right now, but the overall topic is clearly notable IMHO. Swim clubs in the U.S. are important for developing Olympic athletes, for example, and there will plenty of coverage about that. Similarly I would think that track and field clubs would be important, too, but I am not seeing a corresponding category within Category:Sports teams in the United States by sport. --Doncram (talk) 22:11, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Exemplo347 (talk) 08:27, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 13:09, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep notable swim team with statewide success covered substantially in reliable indeoendent sources. FloridaArmy (talk) 22:37, 19 May 2018 (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.