Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SMK Tennis Academy

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The result was delete‎. Consensus is sourcing is of insufficient depth and independence Star Mississippi 17:44, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

SMK Tennis Academy[edit]

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Is this academy really notable? The sources contain passing mentions in relation to tournaments but there isn't enough coverage here for me to be convinced that topic passes WP:GNG. Uhooep (talk) 01:39, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Tennis and United Arab Emirates. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:09, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep The sources seem to scrape by requirements for RS, and it is important to cover The relatively uncelebrated world of women’s sports in the gulf states. Llajwa (talk) 16:35, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

keep I went through the sources that this wiki article has, and it does have alot of coverage on the tournament but, there are certain amount of coverage which are written about this academy alone as well... most preferly why it was started, its significance etc . it is a women exclusive academy which is used to train women who are interested in tennis and is quite popular in the middle eastern region for its annual tournament where international women players also participate... other than that it has coverage in reliable source like vogue and gulf today and if we consider with respect to the size of a particular country or community in that place... i think it is notable. Syed Sadique Hussain (talk) 09:38, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star Mississippi 17:54, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Spam refbombed to pr pieces about a tournament, many using the same wording so clearly rehashes of the same press release. Lacks any depth of independent coverage about the academy. duffbeerforme (talk) 04:47, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete 7 of the 10 refs are to same press-release in slightly different formats. The other three Arabic references, reference the organisation by folk involved e.g.Sheikha Sheikha bint Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan, who is the founder of organisation, so not independent. The other two appear to be PR. They don't have bylines. Its seems to the founder of the organisation, "Sheikha Sheikha bint Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan" doing some PR for the organisation on a successful completion on the 13th year and so are not independent source. They are very poor sources. scope_creep^Talk 15:14, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Fails GNG and NCORP. Sources in the article are mill news about events and promo, nothing that meets WP:IS WP:RS with WP:SIGCOV addressing the subject (SMK Tennis Academy) directly and indepth. BEFORE found nothing that meets SIGCOV. // Timothy :: talk 17:45, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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