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The result was delete. Sandstein 07:05, 28 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ice hockey in Azerbaijan[edit]

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Fails WP:NHOCKEY. There is no ice hockey in Azerbaijan, only field hockey is played there. No evidence of having ice hockey in Azerbaijan exists. Unreferenced junk article created by an editor. Azerbaijan was a member of the IIHF, but due to lack of ice hockey program, rinks, players and competing in any IIHF tournaments. AaronWikia (talk) 03:48, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ice hockey-related deletion discussions. AaronWikia (talk) 03:55, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Azerbaijan-related deletion discussions. AaronWikia (talk) 03:55, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 04:51, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment A few things to consider; in 1992 Azerbaijan became an IIHF member and has remained so, while in 1992, "Kuwait was expelled, due to lack of hockey activity." So if there is no "hockey activity" why haven't they been expelled? Additionally they were invited to participate in qualifying back in 1993 but declined, which suggests that at least there was hockey. According to Eurohockey.com there is an ice rink in Baku. Leaning towards delete but I don't know what the rationale is for other similar articles.18abruce (talk) 17:28, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, So Why 12:57, 20 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The latter could use more content. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 23:10, 20 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: This reminds me eerily of the Scouting in the Vatican article, created because some nincompoop thought we Had To Have A "Scouting In Every Nation-State" article. Without meaningful content sourced by reliable sources, I see no reason for such an article, and I think the same thing with the Federation article Sportsfan1234 cites: merely existing is not good enough to satisfy any notability criterion. Ravenswing 15:05, 25 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete After some consideration. The only thing that is certain is that they pay their IIHF dues.18abruce (talk) 00:12, 26 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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