Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sea Cliff Yacht Club

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The result was keep. SpinningSpark 13:15, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

Sea Cliff Yacht Club

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Fails WP:GNG. Winged Blades ^Godric 15:17, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

• Weak keep a quick search didn't turn up much more than this but a club that is this old should really have other sources so I hope someone else will chime in with others. [1]. Domdeparis (talk) 15:38, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Jupitus Smart 15:40, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

• Keep. It's a sports club/team more than 100 years old that hosted world and continental championships and whose athletes (sailors) have won several world championships. There are articles in WP about soccer, hockey, basketball, lacrosse, etc. teams with much less relevance. Sailing is not such a popular sport as others, but I believe a serious encyclopedia must include all sports.--Banderas (talk) 16:00, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

Well, apparently personal opinions matter very less,unless backed up by policies or WP:RS demonstrating notability.Winged Blades ^Godric 16:08, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T/C) 18:39, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

• Keep As above, established the century before last, so you'd think that would make you notable! Deathlibrarian (talk) 09:02, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

An entity exists for over hundred years.And voila!--it is notable!Winged Blades ^Godric 15:11, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:41, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: All Keep !votes call to the spirit of notability (which is something I can understand; a 100 year old yacht club should be notable, and should have reliable sources available); unfortunately, that's not what should be considered relevant in Afd discussions; I would suggest that future !voters directly refer to GNG/ORG guidelines to support their !votes.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Lourdes 12:28, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

• Delete It's all very well saying that sources should exist, but come on - let's see them. The GNG does not ask people to cross their fingers and hope that sources exist somewhere. Exemplo347 (talk) 15:16, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
• Keep. There's a surprising amount of history in this book. This March 1951 issue of the periodical MotorBoating has a one-page article about a type of sailboat designed by the yacht club. In general, Boating, Cruising World, MotorBoating, and (for brief mentions in the last 19th century) Outing have regular references to the club; some of these are trivial coverage, but there are enough major events there (such as their involvement in establishing the International Catamaran Challenge Trophy), I think, fairly simple to establish. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 15:19, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

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