Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2003–04 Manchester City F.C. season/FA Cup Fourth round replay
sorry, but in all the words above there has yet to be a single, valid, policy-based argument for deletion. Editors saying "this game is not notable" is fine as an expression of their view but notability is not a reflection of personal views but is a question of whether the guideline  is met; it is not a valid deletion argument. This guideline states "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article ...". It then defines terms including, "'Significant coverage' means that sources address the subject directly in detail,". This match clearly meets this requirement and no-one has argued to the contrary. The fact that many other matches without articles may meet this guideline is not relevant - we are dealing only with this match and this article. The only semblance of a policy basis for deletion is the badly worded  guideline. That guideline is clearly intended to exclude events that get coverage at the time but are not referred to later (or else it would exclude all major events). This is not the case here; this match has been referred to years later in reliable sources. Take The Independent as just one example. On 23 January 2009, this match was selected as one of "The ten best FA Cup comebacks", http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-ten-best-fa-cup-comebacks-1513035.html?action=Gallery&ino=6 here. I am afraid that most delete views are of the "I don't like it" nature. Sadly that is not a ground for deletion otherwise I could argue for the deletion of the thousands of articles on porn, cd listings, transient pop singers, episodes of soaps etc that I don't like :-). Like it or not (and I acknowledge that many don't like it) what we have here is an article that clearly meets the inclusion criteria
— User:TerriersFan, 22:43, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:NOTNEWS (Wikipedia:Notability)