Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2018 Motocross des Nations


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The result was Withdrawn. State of the article has been improved to a quality level. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 18:34, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

2018 Motocross des Nations

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Very much WP:CRYSTAL until the event occurs. Lineups are being predicted, and the sourcing is questionable (1 seems to be a sports reporting site with only 20k following). -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 07:48, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. We do make articles about upcoming sporting events, see Category:Scheduled sports events. No question that the event is notable, so I see no reason to delete it. Delete because you think the lineups are predicted, is not a valid reason to the delete the whole article, just the part that can't be verified. Btw, google search "2018 Motocross of Nations team" and you find out that most of the teams are announced. --Pelmeen10 (talk) 12:00, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I've found more sourcing taking it through a google search. The problem is/was the sourcing was crap beforehand, and still now, the use of multiple secondary sources is possible, it just needs to be done. Efforts should be to move to multiple sources for the information, not just the two main sites I saw when I nominated it. -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 18:57, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:48, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:50, 23 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment - The current state of sourcing in an article isn't cause for AfD unless better sources can't be found. Aren't you supposed to Google before nominating (at minimum) per WP:BEFORE?? - "The minimum search expected is a normal Google search, a Google Books search, a Google News search, and a Google News archive search; [...] If you find that adequate sources do appear to exist, the fact that they are not yet present in the article is not a proper basis for a nomination."    originalmess  how u doin that busta rhyme? 14:03, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment - Which of the sources (websites) is questionable? Is it "gatedrop" or "racerxonline"? I'm not a big motocross follower, so I hadn't heard of them (or any motocross website actually) before, but still I would think they can be trusted. Can you name a lineup that may be wrong or actually not yet published? Btw, my country's lineup was published in all of the popular local sports news sites on 21-22 August. --Pelmeen10 (talk) 16:34, 25 August 2018 (UTC)


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