Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2009 Macau FBMW Pacific


 * 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. Cirt (talk) 03:27, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

2009 Macau FBMW Pacific

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Individual Formula BMW have generally failed notability previously. This is a support race held as part of the larger 2009 Macau Grand Prix event. Completely lacks sources or any explanation as to what the event was and has a jargon laden title. Contents are essentially a table of results without context and is largely duplicated at 2009 Formula BMW Pacific season. --Falcadore (talk) 06:54, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. The content or title of the page is not so much of an issue as it can be changed, but a Formula BMW race is not notable enough in my opinion. Allowing such a race to be included would set a precedent that would also allow Formula Three and Formula Renault races to be covered by individual articles. If the race was a one-off event (such as the Macau F3 GP itself) it may be OK but this is covered by the 2009 season article page. Major international motorsports news sites such as autosport.com and crash.net have not covered the event. - mspete93   [talk]  17:37, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * One thing to point out. Racing magazine such as Autosport, Motorsport News and Racer cover their respective areas where they are likely to cover their target audiences (i.e. UK, Europe, U.S. respectively) aside international motorsports. That race is likely to be covered to be covered by Asian motorsport magazines, but then there are no motorsport specific magazines in Asia (except Japan) and motorsport tend to be covered by generic car magazines such as Car and Driver, particularly in countries where motorsport are far and few as they do not have as many circuits as they would in Europe, America and Australiasia. This is from my experience when I lived in HK for a year. Donnie Park (talk) 16:59, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, fair point (I didn't think that bit through) but even if the race was in Europe it wouldn't deserve an article surely? It was quite rightly decided that World Series by Renault races should not have articles. - mspete93   [talk]  17:51, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 05:39, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:31, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete per nom and precedent. Insufficiently notable. DH85868993 (talk) 18:55, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable. Only superficial coverage in even the specialist press, no non-specialist coverage.  Pyrop e  21:09, 4 December 2009 (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.