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The result was Withdrawn by originator. Keith D (talk) 23:47, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Rugby Football League Championship (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log • Stats)

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Has only one reference, which is a broken link. Majority of article is completely unsourced. Citation issue tagged since March 2010. Nouniquenames (talk) 04:44, 13 June 2012 (UTC) Withdrawal of nomination --Nouniquenames (talk) 16:54, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. Are you serious? Yes, it's poorly sourced, but this is obviously a suitable topic for an article. This is one of the main British sport leagues that lasted for 100 years before the Super League was formed. --Michig (talk) 06:36, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy keep, we have other instruments for improving referencing.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:32, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy keep, per above comments.--Gibson Flying V (talk) 07:41, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy Keep - No valid rationale for deletion has been presented, per WP:DEL-REASON. See also WP:NRVE, ..."The absence of citations in an article (as distinct from the non-existence of sources) does not indicate that the subject is not notable." Northamerica1000^(talk) 10:23, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Keep (Formerly) the top-level professional league in a major Rugby League nation. It's as notable as e.g. the NBA Playoffs. Unless you plan to AfD virtually every sports tournament on Wikipedia, this should stay. --Colapeninsula (talk) 13:04, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:02, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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