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This article should not be deleted as it does not breach Wikipedia's content policies. The article has been edited since the deletion tag was posted and changes have been made, as they were advised to be, to ensure that the article lies in accordance with Wikipedia's guidelines on the required neutrality of articles.

The article has not been created as a promotional piece of writing, it is strictly factual in its content. It provides information solely on the important factual elements of the club, on features which are of public interest; club background, club sporting performance, club social activities, club kit, club sponsorship, and club committee members. The article has not been created with the intention to show favouritism towards any particular sporting team or to display a biased opinion about club performances, it is simply providing factual information about a certain club that is in the public interest as it is part of King's College London's student body. Similar Wikipedia articles exist for other sports teams of King's College London, and for other universities.

This article should not be deleted as it provides important, purely factual, information about a long-standing university student organisation. KCL Netball is part of King's College London, a university that is among the highest ranking universities in Britain, and that ranks especially highly in university world league tables. As such a presitgious university, it's clubs and societies are also of great importance and lie in the public's interest.

KCL Netball club is of a standard of notability that certain qualifies for a Wikipedia article. The club is part of KCLSU, one of England's oldest student union organisations, and it continues to be an extremely successful and popular club, boasting success in many sports leagues and competing with other teams across the country. KCL Netball club is not only one of the most popular sports clubs at KCL university, but its teams also perform to an extremely high standard. The 1st and 4th netball teams this year both topped their ULU Leagues this year, with the 4th team being entirely undefeated throughout the season.

This club is mentioned in various reliable secondary sources, such as on the BUCS website, the KCLSU website, and the ULU website for sporting leagues.

Once again, although this article focuses on KCL Netball Club as its main subject, the article's neutrality should not be called into question. The article has been written as a factual piece about a successful university sports club. It has been written purely for informative purposes. It has not been intended as a piece of promotional writing and it does not display unfair bias in favour or against any particular organisation or person.

Kmcb10 (talk) 18:53, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]