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The result was redirect to Robot combat. (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 13:19, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Robot Fighting League[edit]

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Doesn't meet WP:CORP or WP:GNG. Has been in CAT:NN for 11 years. Boleyn (talk) 10:05, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. ~ Amkgp 💬 14:38, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per WP:NEXIST. I found the following sources:
  • "You can't keep a good Bot down: 'BattleBots' is off the air, but contestants keep up fight" by Billy Cox, Florida Today (Jan 18, 2003)
  • "Metal gladiators are ready to rumble in Daytona" by Ludmilla Lelis, The Orlando Sentinel (Apr 2, 2005)
  • "M.I. family prepares for robot battle" by George White, Florida Today (April 5, 2006)
  • DK Eyewitness Books: Robot by Roger Bridgman, DK Publishing (2004), page 30: "Today, events are organized by groups all over the world. Most follow rules laid down by the US Robot Fighting League."

I believe that this demonstrates notability. — Toughpigs (talk) 19:13, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. I suspect this organisation no longer exists. Their former website is for sale, and the news items are largely local and around a year or so of their founding. They seem to have been intended as the recognised, or at least de facto, sport governing body, which got as far creating a set of rules, and then faded into history. Although the RoboGames website says their rules are based on the RFL rules, they don't seem to be governed by them. My reading is they adopted the RFL rules when they came out, but since then have adapted them as required for their own purposes. The article is factually suspect in a number of ways, claiming things belonging to the RFL which are not supported in the sources. The bar chart showing number of sanctioned fights is cited to the RFL's website, but all archives of that page show only a list of the ten RFL member organisations [1]. The RoboGames event in 2011 mentioned in the article as an RFL event does not have RFL mentioned anywhere in the reference. Likewise the claim that RFL put on more events than all other organisers put together is sourced to Botrank.com whose page does not even mention them. At the least, WP:OR is required to extract that information from the page.

They have clearly played a role in the history of the sport, but it seems to me that the page creator, with the best of intentions, has tried to build their importance into more than it actually was. So finally getting around to a recommendation, redirect to robot combat and place any genuinely sourcable information there. SpinningSpark 19:48, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect if there is a volunteer to handle, otherwise redirect. My basis is the same as described by Spinningspark including that there is nothing in the article to even indicate if they exist.North8000 (talk) 02:36, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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