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Pacific Conference

Hi, just noticed this article. I have a concern as to the notability of the subject. Wikipedia has strict rules regarding notability, which you can read about here. This is to stop people writing about just anything. If you do not provide evidence that the subject of the article meets notability guidelines, it could be deleted. Contact me if I can be of any help. J Milburn 21:48, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

I took a look at the sources that you cited, but neither of them really seem to mention the 'Pacific Conference'. Now, I don't know much about the American schooling system- what exactly is this conference? J Milburn 22:09, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah yes, I see. Now, my concern with the article is that it does not meet notability guidelines. The primary notability criteria is the basic rule for inclusion on Wikipedia. The basic gist of it is that the subject of the article has to have been written about, more than once, in a reliable, published source, which is independent of the subject itself. Also, it has to be a non-trivial mention. Some good places that the articles might well be would be various local papers. However, if the league doesn't meet the notability criteria, it would probably be better suited to being mentioned in the articles about the schools, with no article of its own. Please don't be put off if this is the case, someone interested in writing serious articles, or just making minor tweaks to existing ones, is always welcome at Wikipedia. Again, contact me if I can be of any help. J Milburn 22:25, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Sports leagues are by no means my area of speciality. However, if you find some articles in the local papers that tell you about the league, and not just mention the scores, that should certainly cover the notability guidelines. You don't have to find a link to them, there is a template here that allows you to cite newspapers, I use it myself all the time. However, there may well be online versions of the articles. J Milburn 22:44, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

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