Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rise Nation
We really need a otability (e-sports), to explain to enthusiastic new editors who just want to write about other gamers that we have inclusion standards, and sourcing standards, and that they closely relate.  What I see here for sourcing is, in the order it appears: trivial mention at a non-independent site (razer.com, which appears to be a sponsor of this team); a secondary, in-depth source (DblTap.com) but one which is explicitly fan-written and thus may be  (it also provides a whole top-menu item for a specific team, thus appears to lack independence from the general subject if not the Rise Nation subject in particular); brief news coverage in what appears to be a legit secondary source (esports-news.co.uk); mention with nothing but the name at a similar source (dexerto.com); brief news coverage in a similar source (twingalaxies.com). We really don't need articles with RS coverage this thin.The fact that the underlying subject (e-sports or eSports or esports, however you like to spell it) is notable and that occasionally some participants in it rise to actual encyclopedic notability by appearing in {{em|mainstream}} reliable sources (not just specialist sources the reputability of which have yet to be established), doesn't mean every player or team is notable just because they're mentioned and briefly covered in the gamer press. By way of direct comparison, there are many notable forms of competitive dance, and handful of notable duos within that sphere, but the the vast majority of such duos are not notable despite some coverage in dance magazines/sites.  Similarly, the demoscene was a big deal back when, but most demo teams are not notable. It's too soon for Wikipedia to do something like treat all e-sports teams like FIFA or NFL teams; on the scale of global importance, these activities and the people involved in them are much closer to the level of Little League World Series teams, or pro-am players who make it into the World Pool-Billiard Association championships (hint: we don't have articles about them). Maybe 20 years from now e-sports and teams in it will be like major international "traditional" sports and teams, but OT#CRYSTAL|we have no way of knowing, and it hasn't happened yet
— User:SMcCandlish, 17:04, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:N||WP:UGC||WP:NOT (Wikipedia:Notability)