Deletion of Saudi Arabia women's national football team

Comment: seems to meet . The topic is meaningful one even if the team has yet to play a match
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: and rename to Women's football in Saudi Arabia. This topic passes ; examples include http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=233486, http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/07/22/158760.html, http://www.theworld.org/2012/06/saudi-arabias-secret-women-sports-teams
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: and what a worthwhile article this is. I first thought to justify my opinion I might  have to point out that  is only a guideline and that "normally" does not mean the same as "always". However I see the article already has sufficient suitable references to confirm notability in the usual way (for example http://www.arabianbusiness.com/saudi-women-push-for-right-play-sports-447831.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/23/sport/saudi-women-olympics/index.htmlhttp://www.eurasiareview.com/27052012-conservative-christians-and-muslims-campaign-against-muslim-womens-soccer-headdress/). I agree a change of name might be helpful as well as better describing the present material but that is no reason at all for deletion. This article should definitely be kept
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: and  close
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Snowball clause (WP:SNOW)

Comment: I see where you're coming from, Uishaki. But this isn't just a group of mates who talk about forming a club someday; it's certainly more substantial than  lays out. The topic sits at an interesting intersection of women's rights in Saudi Arabia and football in Saudi Arabia, and the amount of coverage already demonstrated on the article shows that we have  even though there isn't an active team
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:CRYSTAL||WP:N)

Comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (|step 3).  I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2012 June 12
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:AFDHOWTO)

Comment: Notability is clearly demonstrated through . The team having yet to play a competitive match is irrelevant to WP guidelines
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)