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The result was delete.  Sandstein  07:07, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Malta at the 2010 Winter Olympics (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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I can find no references that support the claim that Malta will send 1 or more competitors to the Winter Olympics for the first time in 2010. I have checked the qualification quotas from the FIS (for skiing) and ISU (for skating) and there is no mention of Malta. Article can be re-created if necessary later (about January 25 2010 is when entrants will be finalized), but for now this Wikipedia article is being picked up by Google searches to state this "fact". — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 01:25, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom. No reliable sources found. Note that there is a web site for the Malta Olympic Committee, but there does not appear to be any information on their site about specific athletes being sent to the 2010 Winter Olympics. This article should be deleted and re-made only if the Malta Olympic Committee officially announces their intentions to send athletes to the 2010 games. SnottyWong talk 01:50, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Like Gabon, Malta is mentioned at the bottom of this page. I'm guessing that's where the creator got the idea for this article. Zagalejo^^^ 05:10, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • The 53 country articles were created from the list of red articles found on 2010 Winter Olympics. I started each article as an empty template as part of our prep for the Olympics per its WikiProject. It's like there were errors in that last as some countries often withdraw and others are accepted in their place. Mkdw^talk 05:52, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm looking through the history of that page now, and it looks as though verifiable sources were not always provided as that section grew. For example, 75.157.214.43 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) added Venezuela with the only reference being the CTV website that shows they competed in 2006. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 06:16, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Like Gabon, even if we counted that Vancouver Sun article as a reliable source (and I don't think that a single sentence at the bottom of the page under "Did you know?" really qualifies), then the only thing we could say in this article is that "Malta will participate in the 2010 Winter Olympics." That is the full extent to which we could expand this article. We can't say who the athletes will be, or in which events they will be participating. The article is premature and should be re-created once real evidence presents itself. SnottyWong talk 13:39, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Subjects like this that are not really notable are difficult to find reffs for - hence become either stubs or OR.Dejvid (talk) 15:01, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per Wp:CRYSTAL. It can always be created if Malta takes part in the Games. DitzyNizzy (aka Jess)|(talk to me)|(What I've done) 15:02, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Can be recreated if and when we have confirmation of a qualified athlete. Basement12 (T.C) 17:08, 25 November 2009 (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.