The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete in accordance with the consensus here that a stand-alone article is not justified. The merger suggestions are noted, and if anyone thinks that any sourced content here could be used to improve 1982 FIFA World Cup, I will restore this as a redirect so that the material is available for merger and attribution can be preserved. Deor (talk) 12:56, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

1982 FIFA World Cup controversies[edit]

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Could possibly be merged to 1982 FIFA World Cup, but I doubt that any of the "controversies" mentioned here are notable enough for their own article. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 02:45, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not true. Battiston could have been killed - many people see this as the defining moment of Toni Schumacher's career. The so-called "non-agression pact" was a major influence in the future of the game. Asoccer maniac (talk) 02:48, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and redirect to 1982 FIFA World Cup. A lot of the text is copied from there anyway. Or rename article to List of controversies at the 1982 World Cup and link each controversial game from there, the Kuwait game deserves an article on its own. bbx (talk) 05:28, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. Giant Snowman 17:54, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - as fundamentally WP:OR. Fenix down (talk) 12:26, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to 1982 FIFA World Cup if not already covered there. These were clearly extremely notable aspects of the tournament which are still talked about 30+ years later, but I don't think a separate article is justified. It only seems to exist because at some point in the past someone decided that every World Cup should have a breakout "controversies" article -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:23, 27 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per ChrisTheDude. Needs references for all of the first section. Text feels rushed and breathless in general ("Many were", "Cause of much commotion"). - Richfife (talk) 21:32, 5 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per ChrisTheDude. Not WP:NOTABLE indpendent of tournament. Boleyn (talk) 10:19, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Merge or Delete - In no way deserves an article of its own.--Canyouhearmenow 12:09, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.