Deletion of Arthur Allsopp Shield

Comment: I, and possibly others, have been deterred from commenting because every "Keep" is responded negatively to by the person favoring the deletion, and every "Delete" is responded to with cheerleading from the same source. We all recognize that citations are the ''sine qua non'' of notability. But apart from the matter of citations, we can infer that this shield might just be notable due to its longstanding existence and its status as an integral part of Australian softball; that might keep us looking, in spite of some partisans not being able to find any citations. Regarding citations, there formerly were none, and now people have found some. Assertions that anyone is claiming  are incorrect; nobody has claimed that. Instead, they have found some sources (which have also drawn negative comments). Similarly, comments about  are out of place. Nobody has said that. Instead, they have gone looking for sources, and they have found some. One can infer that there might be a little  going on here, and that any sources other than those in academic peer-reviewed journals, the full text of which is available online, will be seen by some as inadequate. Special:Contributions/74.109.248.67|74.109.248.67
Stance: keep
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