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696:- enough to make me think a longer search would pull up more and that the company has notability in Africa. I think there's a reasonable case the company in itself has had coverage in multiple sources. The fact that these are predominantly African-based sources and not the New York Times should not be a factor (see 760:- While each individual event doesn't carry the weight of significance, EFC Africa is holding its 11th event on 2011-11-10. This series of events is the largest in South Africa, and has grown to live coverage in a national cinema chain as well as two satellite television channels in the region. 152: 717:
The events are clearly not notable. I don't see significant coverage of the organization (most of it is more event PR). They haven't been in business long and they have no notable fighters. When I look at
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I am also nominating the following related pages because none of these articles are anything but routine sports reporting. None of the events received significant coverage and all lacked notable fighters.
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This article is about a relatively new MMA organization. There's a lack of significant reliable coverage and no indication that its events are notable. It also lacks notable fighters.
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or insubstantial. If this really is tip of the iceberg, and someone can find more of the iceberg, would be happy to have another look. --
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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