Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of football clubs in Northern Ireland

: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 keep. clear consensus to keep, AfD withdrawn by nominator Bettia (talk) 10:31, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

=[[List of football clubs in Northern Ireland]]=

:{{la|List of football clubs in Northern Ireland}} – (View AfD)(View log)

:({{findsources|List of football clubs in Northern Ireland}})

The article appears to serve no purpose other than that of a category, and a category already exists for this Mooretwin (talk) 13:54, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

:The category is "Category:Northern Irish football clubs", which is much more comprehensive and up-to-date than the article, requires no maintenance, and is therefore always going to be up-to-date. Mooretwin (talk) 13:57, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. Bettia (talk) 13:58, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
Keep. This seems like a plausible list to me - it's not crufty, it's not excessively difficult to maintain, and it has an advantage over the category in that the teams can be listed by league / level - in fact, I would reckon it could be expanded to Featured List status relatively easily. Bettia (talk) 14:03, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
Keep, list is valid, and within the keeping of other similar lists here at Wikipedia. Tfz 14:21, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
Keep - a useful list. It is easy to maintain (as we should only include clubs notable enough for an article), and we can include additional information not found in the category such as date of formation, the league they play in, home town etc. Giant Snowman 14:37, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
Delete/Redirect redirect article to :Category:Northern Irish football clubs as per nominator's observations --Arkelweis (talk) 16:46, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

change to Keep, as per Scog's argument below --Arkelweis (talk) 17:20, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
Keep - well-defined, useful, not excessively difficult to maintain. Also, the fact that similar material is covered by a category doesn't preclude us from having a list (or vice versa), as they serve different purposes, as explained at much greater length at WP:CLN. Scog (talk) 17:16, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
Keep - serves a complimentary role to the category. As a BTW I am wondering about the notability of some of the junior clubs. TerriersFan (talk) 18:33, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
Keep - This is part of a campaign by Mooretwin to use the term Northern Irish instead of ...from Northern Ireland or ...in Northern Ireland. BigDunc 08:50, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Comment. Er, no it's not. My reasoning is given above and applies regardless of the article name or the category name. (Ironically, the only campaign in existence is one by those seeking to purge the term "Northern Irish"!) Mooretwin (talk) 10:15, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Withdrawal - can this request be withdrawn? There is clearly no consensus to delete it. I just wonder who is going to keep the article up to date?? Mooretwin (talk) 10:17, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

:*Yes, I can withdraw it for you. Considering clubs only get promoted/relegated once a year, it shouldn't be too difficult to maintain. Bettia (talk) 10:30, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

: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.