Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2008 NRL Finals series


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The result was   redirect to National Rugby League season 2008. Stifle (talk) 08:49, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

2008 NRL Finals series

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The 2008 NRL Finals series (starting 12 September) will already be detailed in the National Rugby League season 2008 and 2008 NRL season results articles. Jeff79 (talk) 08:43, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect, I would simply redirect it back to the page where the finals info would be.   The Windler      talk   09:21, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure. After deletion.--Jeff79 (talk) 09:54, 11 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Redirect - doesn't require deletion first (unless there is some actual policy reason for deletion the nom hasn't pointed out yet). 11:36, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh. Well yeah, I was more concerned with the unnecessary duplication of content (this is my first nom). I'm happy for "2008 NRL Finals series" to direct us elsewhere, but I'm not happy for the tables of results appearing in three places on Wikipedia. So instead of doing this I just should have blanked the page and put a re-direct to 2008 NRL season results? Oops.--Jeff79 (talk) 11:58, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Something like that yeah. And for what it's worth I agree duplication of the same charts over and over isn't going to help. Jasynnash2 (talk) 12:31, 11 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions.   —Grahame (talk) 01:53, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. A useful and comprehensive overview of the finals series. Also see last year's article and the year before that. WWGB (talk) 03:38, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Accept that WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS isn't a valid reason to keep or delete articles. Jasynnash2 (talk) 10:42, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Accept that WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS (which is an essay and neither a policy nor a guideline) acknowledges that "comparisons are important as the encyclopedia should be consistent in the content that it provides or excludes". WWGB (talk) 01:38, 14 September 2008 (UTC)


 * There's an apparent consensus for them to be merged too as per Talk:2005_NRL_Finals_Series and Talk:2002_NRL_Finals_Series.--Jeff79 (talk) 04:28, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Putting aside that this should be a merge discussion rather than an AfD, merging the information will make the main article far less readable. A separate page is justified under WP:SPINOUT.Assize (talk) 22:45, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * You don't see any problem with the same info being presented in three different articles? Or are you suggesting finals be separated from regular season results? I really don't think there's so much information about a season of football that it can't all be covered in only two articles.--Jeff79 (talk) 01:50, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment I'm not sure if this specific article should be deleted or kept, but a structure should be decided upon for sports season articles (for all sports). In some cases there are separate pre-season, season, finals series and grand final articles, for every season, which is a bit over the top. -- Chuq (talk) 12:51, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. It is usual for sports realted articles to have a separate 'Finals' article. Far Canal (talk) 01:34, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete/Merge There are now four articles. Two covering exactly the same subject but with different names. NRL 2008 Finals Series and 2008 NRL Finals series. One should go and the other merge with 2008 NRL season results. &bull; Florrie &bull; leave a note &bull; 14:57, 15 September 2008 (UTC)


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