Talk:Hallam F.C.

Football: English non-league Stub‑class Low‑importance

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Importance - low?

Low-importance on what grounds? If Man City is high, why should the second oldest football club (of ANY code) in the world, and still playing on the world's oldest ground be low? Per the criteria -- Article is extremely notable - yes but has not achieved international notability, or is only notable within a particular continent - yes! L.J.Skinner^{wot|I did} 00:08, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I did the rating of low, and I confess I missed the 2nd oldest club claim. However, as per Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football/Archive8#Importance_levels and Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#Importance rates, it's generally felt for clubs that importance=high is for the likes of Real Madrid, Manchester United, Liverpool, etc. I've generally put (English) non-league clubs as importance=low, especially if I hadn't heard of them, which is the case for Hallam. Importance=mid, which I generally take to mean nationally known, didn't seem appropriate. Still, this is all about a building a consensus, go for importance=mid? (And Man City should be mid too! ;) )Paulbrock 10:57, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Change - 2nd oldest

I just altered the statement about them being second oldest, to clarify that this only includes clubs still playing. The Wanderers for example were formed in 1859, before Hallam, but no longer play. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.49.109 (talk) 12:24, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted it as it is redundent. Oldest implies that the club is still in existance. You don't say "John Smith is the oldest man in the world that is still alive". josh (talk) 13:11, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]