Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RC Calais

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The result was keep‎. asilvering (talk) 05:52, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RC Calais

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They are a continuation of another club, Calais RUFC. SportsLover1967 (talk) 11:06, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Football and France. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 13:48, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 13:50, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep no actual reason for deletion has been specified, and it's not clear as to why this should be merged with the other article as they are separate clubs. SportingFlyer T·C 14:32, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
They are the same. Same Stadium, Same colors and identical branding. SportsLover1967 (talk) 14:39, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The club is only 2 years old. SportsLover1967 (talk) 14:40, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This makes it seem like they are two different clubs completely. The crests are different. I don't think this is really the case. And being only two years old is no reason for deletion. SportingFlyer T·C 22:34, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per SportingFlyer. No reason to delete. Giant Snowman 18:36, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge. They are the same team. 94.196.144.75 (talk) 19:03, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 19:37, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – Without prejudice to a merger discussion. It is necessary to find out how the issue of phoenix clubs works in the French league. Svartner (talk) 22:22, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
They are a phoenix club. 94.196.144.75 (talk) 06:08, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - easiest keep I've ever seen. It is not a continuation of the former club, but an entirely new club with a different history. They are not connected, and one dissolved years before the other was founded. Besides that, just because a club is a phoenix club doesn't mean it cannot be notable on its own. In this specific case, people do make a strong distinction between Calais RUFC and RC Calais: they are not seen as the same club neither in media or by people in France. Paul Vaurie (talk) 12:05, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
They have the same fans and I done a marble race to see wherever they deserve their own page (Red) or if their page should be merged. (Yellow) Yellow won. So? SportsLover1967 (talk) 16:00, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

None of these are valid reasons to delete an article and the marble race comment is just absurd. Being a phoenix club does not mean that it is non-notable. In fact, Phoenix club (sports) has a long list of well over 100 phoenix clubs that are notable enough for their own article. For this article to be deleted, you would need to explain why the topic does not meet WP:GNG. In any case, I would push for a keep outcome. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:53, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Marble run? SportingFlyer T·C 21:05, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep See local media talking about "La naissance du nouveau grand club de Calais" "The birth of the new big club of Calais" [1]. This new club was a fusion between two smaller clubs, neither was Calais RUFC, who folded six years before. Having the same colours is a non-sequitur, and there can't possibly be the same fans to a man. I'm not sure if this nomination is serious, the user's page looks like a parody of a terminally online Generation Z football fan making rude nicknames for clubs he doesn't like, and this thing about running a marble race to decide the fate of the page is bizarre. Unknown Temptation (talk) 17:29, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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