Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2019 Le Castellet Formula Regional European Championship round

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 13:25, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2019 Le Castellet Formula Regional European Championship round

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This is a collection of articles that serve as race reports for the Formula Regional European Championship. For context, this is a junior motorsport competition at the Formula 3 level for young drivers in Europe. The series itself is notable and that is not what I am disputing. However, these articles are not. While the season may receive significant coverage, each event unambiguously does not. All of these completely fail basic content policies: the only coverage I can find is from Formula Scout, a specialty source which I do not believe can be used to prove notability given its obscurity and extremely limited scope. It is routine coverage and does not provide any greater analysis other than a recount of the basic going-ons of each round (i.e. the results). Other sources used are primary, typically results tables. In fact, the articles consist almost exclusively of results, with negligible prose. There is no prospect of expansion for these articles because such little coverage exists. Simply because the series is notable does not mean each individual race warrants its own article: notability is not inherited. Not every open-wheel series receives attention requiring F1-style coverage. Per WP:GNG, WP:NOSTATS, and WP:NSPORTSEVENT, these should all be deleted.
5225_C (talk • contributions) 12:47, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Motorsport-related deletion discussions. 5225_C (talk • contributions) 12:47, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The nomination includes the following pages:

5225_C (talk • contributions) 12:56, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would also like to ping HumanBodyPiloter5 and HawkAussie who participated in a previous AfD for several FREC rounds.
5225_C (talk • contributions) 12:56, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The majority, if not all, of these should probably be deleted. It's possible that certain rounds of a series at this level may be notable enough to warrant their own article if something unusual had occurred, but unless somebody can show that that is the case for any of these events then there is unlikely to be any notability for individual rounds. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 13:12, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I completely agree that individual rounds can in theory pass notability guidelines, but I do not believe any of the rounds included here have done that.
5225_C (talk • contributions) 13:15, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The most recent example I can think of of an ordinary event at this level (ignoring Macau Grands Prix and other special events) that would unambiguously pass GNG would be the European F3 round at Monza a few years ago where the last race of the round was cancelled due to poor driving standards, and even then I'm not sure if we have an article on that. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 13:20, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment If deleted there is no reason we couldn't have brief reports of each round in the relevant season articles, in particular mentioning whatever is important! A7V2 (talk) 08:33, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, that is how it should be done. Season articles should not be championship standings and calendars.
5225_C (talk • contributions) 10:45, 23 August 2021 (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.