Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2010

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The result was delete. Fritzpoll (talk) 13:02, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2010

I'm not saying this article should necessarily be deleted, but I would like a debate on the issue. I find the article speculative (possible violation of WP:BALL) and poorly sourced. I quote: "The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2010 may take place..." at an unspecified location. Nor do I find anything in the reference that indicated that a championship will actually be held in 2010. Badmotorfinger (talk) 22:17, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 22:52, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships are held only in odd-numbered years, so there will be no such competition in 2010. This article seems to have been created in the belief that a special women's ski jumping championship will be held next year because the event was not accepted for the 2010 Winter Olympics; but in a hasty search I wasn't able to confirm that, and even if it's so, I doubt that Nordic World Ski Championships would be the name of the competition. (Women's ski jumping is, however, being contested at this year's championships.) For now, delete per WP:CRYSTAL and WP:V; if any more specific information is forthcoming, I'll reconsider. Deor (talk) 23:05, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - There is historical precedence on holding events at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Winter Olympic years with this having been done three time previously. The women's 20 km (now 30 km) was intoduced at the 1978, but not included in the 1980 Winter Olympics. This resulted in the FIS having a special 1980 championships for the event in Falun while the Lake Placid games were going on. This event would be in the next games in Sarajevo. At those same games, the nodic combined team event and the ski jumping team large hill events had separate championships of their own in Engelberg and Rovaniemi, respectively, but both were included in the next Winter games in Calgary. Every event held at the championships was included in the Winter Olympics with those. The fact that women's ski jumping was not included forced this issue. Whether they will have a 2010 World championship event for the nordic combined 10 km mass start with it not in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver will not be known until the FIS releases the 2009-2010 schedule in May or June. Also, there is a chance that the women's ski jumping could be part of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi given the events success at the recent championships in Liberec. Chris (talk) 00:23, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Are there sources confirming that this competition will be held, and where and when it will be held? Without sources, there's nothing to put in the article. Deor (talk) 01:18, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Women's ski jumping was a finalist event to be included in the 2010 Winter Olympics, but lost out to ski cross. The FIS should be able to state something on this in May or June when they release their schedule. No sourcing has been given so far on this yet. Chris (talk) 02:20, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The thought that this event may happen is not a reason for an article to exist. This is classic WP:CRYSTAL, and it's poorly sourced to boot. fuzzy510 (talk) 03:30, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to FIS Nordic World Ski Championships until 2010 comes about. 76.66.193.90 (talk) 06:28, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The (sole) reference included in the article is completely irrelevant, has it says nothing about the event possibly taking part. Therefore, this is nothing but crystal ballery (my word). (However, if it is confirmed, then I have no problems with it being reintroduced.) DitzyNizzy (aka Jess)|(talk to me)|(What I've done) 10:26, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, until any more information about the event is released. lil2mas (talk) 00:23, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, since there will (if held) only be women's ski jumping this year, so the event will probably not be called by that name anyway, and is just confusing! lil2mas (talk) 00:57, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, even if the event is cancelled, we have articles like the 1942 FIFA World Cup. J 1982 (talk) 14:43, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, I do realize that there is an article regarding the 1942 World Cup, but if the event is cancelled, there would be no need for this page. If there is an event, it can be treated as a demostration sport in the 2010 Winter Olympics.96.3.72.93 (talk) 07:26, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for failing verifiability. If it is actually announced with sourcing to provide some actual content to the article, then by all means create it then. -- Whpq (talk) 14:36, 2 March 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.