Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Portland Raiders

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The result was redirect to North American Football League. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:40, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

=[[Portland Raiders]]=

:{{la|Portland Raiders}} ([{{fullurl:Portland Raiders|wpReason={{urlencode: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Portland Raiders}}&action=delete}} delete]) – (View AfD)(View log)

A "team for students to refine, develop, and showcase their talents and earn a chance to be recognized for college sponsorships or professional teams." (quote from team website) - non-notable Passportguy (talk) 10:16, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oregon-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 12:16, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 12:16, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Delete I live in Portland, and I've never heard of this team. A Google News search didn't turn up any reliable source material. Steven Walling (talk) 02:51, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
Delete. Teams in an amateur league (the North American Football League) are not inherently notable, and no independent sources have been provided. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:27, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
Keep (I created the article.) Team is new in an established nationwide league. Agreed that sources are scant so far, but other teams in this league do receive independent press coverage once established. --Esprqii (talk) 16:18, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
Comment Great. if and when they do, you can always re-add the article. However at the moment that is still speculation, and we can't take the fact that they may become notable as an euqivalent to existing notability. Passportguy (talk) 16:21, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
Redirect to leagues article for now.--Giants27 (t|c) 01:49, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

:Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:48, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Redirect to leagues article per User:Giants27--AuthorityTam (talk) 05:24, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
Redirect per User:Giants27. Rlendog (talk) 17:31, 30 June 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.