Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2006 FIFA World Cup sponsorship


 * 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The result of the debate was nomination withdrawn, or so I'm assuming given the nominator's change to keep. Mind matrix  01:33, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

2006 FIFA World Cup sponsorship
Delete. This article simply amounts to advertising for the involved companies. There is very little that merits saving from any encyclopedicity's point of view, and what little there is should go on the Miscellany page. See in particular the blurb about T Mobile in the Trivia section -- it's an unadulturated commercial/advertisement! Mareklug talk  20:52, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. After a thorough rewrite by Vickser, this is now a viable article, so I change my nomination/vote. -- Mareklug talk  21:16, 8 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Strong Delete Copyvio Central, for the T-Mobile entry (from here) and for most of the rest from this article. --DaveG12345 21:05, 6 July 2006 (UTC) (Copyvios now fixed - see below) --DaveG12345 19:48, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Smerge back into 2006 FIFA World Cup, it was cut of from that article due to length, but we don't really need the trivia section (espesially since most of if seems to be copyvios), just merge the list of sponsors, and if the trivia needs to go somewhere take it to the companies articles (after a rewrite, due to the copyvios). -- E ivindt@c 21:17, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Are you sure you're not thinking of the 2006 FIFA World Cup miscellany article, which is another smørgåsbord of odds-n-sods that actually duplicates some of these copyvios (see the Curiosities section). --DaveG12345 21:26, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment According to the talk page it came from the main article, but I'm not sure. I wouldn't mind if it got deleted outright, I just prefer it to be shortened and merged. -- E ivindt@c 21:47, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment List of sponsors is not notable for an encyclopedia article about World Cup. It's just free advertisement for the companies involved. -- Mareklug  talk  21:30, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


 * $trong Delete. I feel so dirty from that corporate "ambush marketing." It goes both ways! &mdash;Twigboy 21:54, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete per all of the above. I don't see the notability of the sponsors to the event. If Coors were the offical "beer" supplier, would Italy not have scored twice in the waning minutes against Germany? ~ trialsanderrors 22:59, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep after improvements made by User:Vickser, this is now a viable article. ~ trialsanderrors 19:53, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment They would, but the guys from Coors would be occupying those prime hospitality seats to see it, not the Bud boys. ;-) --DaveG12345 23:39, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. -- Big  top  ( tk | cb | em | ea ) 03:46, 7 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Merge with 2006 FIFA World Cup miscellany, then delete. --Pkchan 06:08, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment If the article is merged it must be redirected, deleting it would be against GDFL. -- E ivindt@c 21:47, 7 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Merge WP 10:08, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete for being unencyclopedic list. --WinHunter (talk) 11:52, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge that which is worthy with 2006 FIFA World Cup miscellany then delete. -- Alias Flood 22:33, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Following the work put into this article by Vickser, this article now has merit in its own right and I am changing my earlier opinion to Keep. I hope that it will continue to improve and I would encourage others to take another look. -- Alias Flood 22:04, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Just wanna remind you folks, this article as it stands, 2 days into this discussion, is a significant set of multiple copyvios. --DaveG12345 01:38, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: überspam. Take out the advertisements and copyvios, you're left with an unterstub, not worth redirecting or merging. --die Baumfabrik 12:54, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep: User:Vickser has made several improvements to this article; I especially like the sections on 'Revenue' and 'Tickets.' --die Baumfabrik 21:59, 8 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep This article has been much improved and the copyvios removed. Since sponsorship is a big part of the FIFA World Cup, I feel the article arguably has merit as a standalone article, separate from a treatment of on-the-field antics. The content seems verifiable. What it could maybe use is a little NPOV consideration, as it reads a little too heavy on the negatives for me, and does not tell us, for example, exactly what the sponsorship cash is spent on, what the WC would be like if there wasn't this kind of sponsorship, etc. It surely can't be all evil corp greed can it? ;-) But, whatever, this can all be cleaned up in time. --DaveG12345 19:48, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll try and find some stuff about that. I didn't find any quick articles, but the sponsorship cash gets plowed back into FIFA and funding goes to help smaller teams afford insurance and cup attendance, among other thingsVickser 19:53, 8 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep I thought this was a pretty wretched article, but a decently worthy topic, so I've cleaned it up and added a bunch of stuff. Information about what it means to be a sponsor, who the partnership system is changing for the next world cup, renaming the stadiums, ticket distribution, and a few other things. I've also removed the copyright violations. I encourage all of you to take another look and see if the new additions change your votes. Vickser 19:53, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 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.