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The result was no consensus. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:22, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Athletics at the 2015 National Games of India[edit]

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Non-notable sports event, violates Wikipedia:Sports event Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 16:10, 15 January 2017 (UTC) Also nominating for the same reasons:[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:15, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:15, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Are you serious? The guideline you bring up is for an individual game or series. These are individual tournaments! The football events at the National Games of India are their own tournaments at the national games. Also what makes these not notable but say Football at the 2014 Asian Games or Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games notable? Fine, there should be some more referencing but there is plenty of coverage on the football tournament for example. --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 16:20, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I am serious. The guideline is per event and the football tournament is one of many of the larger Games. This tournament is not-notable and was played by a bunch of non-notable athletes. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 17:23, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Really? A bunch of non-notable athletes? Fine, maybe for athletics cause I don't follow that but I can tell you for football that there were plenty of notable footballers that participated in the tournament. From Sandesh Gadkari, Mohammed Irshad, Vijith Shetty, Abhishek Ambedkar, and Marcus Masceranhas, many former I-League players were part of it and even ones in the league now who were scouted while representing their state. At the same time, literally every India women's international player was in the women's section. It wasn't just amateurs. The football tournament pretty much represents a major part of the footballing calendar for Indian football that season. --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 20:11, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - having sport-specific articles is fine for a worldwide tournament such as the Olympics; more debatable when it's regional/continental such as the Asian Games; but completely unnecessary when it's national such as this. Giant Snowman 17:21, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

And your basis for that is what? Just because it is a country based athletic tournament and not a regional one? That is ridiculous. The only basis these pages are notable on is WP:GNG which they pass if you Look at the coverage it received (football specifically) during the time period the tournament occurred. --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 20:11, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - per WP:NOTSTATS. Where is the non-routine coverage that would allow sourced prose to be written about this? Fenix down (talk) 09:44, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - WP:Sports event doesn't speak to tournaments. Indian football tournament got significant media coverage [1] - meets WP:GNG. Articles need improving, not deleting. Nfitz (talk) 01:51, 19 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Merge all to 2015 National Games of India. Articles nominated for deletion serve little purpose other than proliferation of statistics. Ajf773 (talk) 07:29, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to 2015 National Games of India, which meets GNG as has multiple independent coverage. Results are relevant facts to store at that location. SFB 00:06, 21 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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