Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nations League Tune–up match

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. It's been 3 weeks since this AFD was started. If the match has occurred and there is no current coverage of it, it negates the argument that this AFD is happening because it came before the match occurred. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:50, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nations League Tune–up match

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An identical copy exists at Draft:Nations League Tune–up match. This is an article on a set of friendly matches that makes no claim to passing WP:SPORTSEVENT and has no evidence of meeting WP:GNG. When this was draftified, this was contested with the comment BRUH THIS IS NOT A DRAFT. SEE THE INFORMATION IN PHILIPPINE VOLLEYBALL PAGE IN FACEBOOK. CHECK FIRST BEFORE YOU MAKE A DRAFT

Firstly, the Volleyball Philippines Facebook page is not a reliable or independent source. In my searches, I could not find any significant coverage of this event taking place between these countries in volleyball. Wikipedia should not be a place for posting an exhaustive list of sports results per WP:NOTSTATS. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 16:14, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events, Sports, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, and Germany. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 16:15, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment There is coverage of the announcement that they will play:

"PH men's and women's team to play exhibition matches against VNL squads". Manila Bulletin. 2022-05-05. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
Dannug, Jonash (2022-05-06). "Volleyball NTs to have friendlies during VNL week". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 2022-06-04.

Not sure if it is enough though. The AfD is unfortunately timed in that the first match happens in exactly 7 days, meaning the sourcing state could change right as the AfD would need to be decided. Also, if the matches do turn out notable, they very likely should not be put at the article's current title, it probably should be at PNVF International Challenge as that's what the event is called. Jumpytoo Talk 22:41, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is why I wanted to incubate the article in draft. There is a chance that these warm-up games might gain sustained and far-reaching coverage but it's WP:TOOSOON right now. I usually edit football and I know it's not the same but most warm-up games and exhibition matches are not notable enough for separate articles; see for example here and here. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 06:36, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Draftify and history-merge to fix the cut-and-paste move. There's barely any textual content here, almost A3. There needs to be some textual content before this can be an article. I don't have any arguments for or against deletion right now. --Paul_012 (talk) 09:46, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:32, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete this is just a series of friendlies with a name with no trophy at stake.Hariboneagle927 (talk) 22:42, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: From above: "The AfD is unfortunately timed in that the first match happens in exactly 7 days". A bit of a conumdrum.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:36, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. We don't even have articles on random warm-up matches to the FIFA World Cup. Howard the Duck (talk) 12:39, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. In fact, I can't think of a sport where exhibition/friendly/warm-up games would be notable. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:16, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete non-notable series of friendlies. Articles do not exist for friendlies or exhibition games across any sport (the only exception I can think of is the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game and that is more about the festivities surrounding the game rather than the game itself) Frank Anchor 22:08, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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