Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2021 Formula One World Championship


 * 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.  Sandstein  17:30, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

2021 Formula One World Championship

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It is too soon to be creating the article. Most of the content is duplicated from the article. Major revisions to the sporting and technical regulations are expected for 2021 which would be cause to create this article to be created in advance, but as per this source, those regulations are unlikely to be published until October 2019. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 08:31, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, at this stage there is insufficent information to warrant an article for a season which won't start for almost 2 years. Normally I would say Draftifiy, however a draft of this already exists (here) from which this eintire article appears to be copied from anyway. As points out details of the 2021 season are due to be released in October and the article can be moved from draft to mainspace then or earlier if a significant announcement is made but at this stage it is simply to early. SSSB (talk) 08:58, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment: there is already a draft version at Draft:2021 Formula One World Championship. It appears that most of the article has been lifted from that page. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 09:31, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 09:31, 8 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete Looking at past seasons, it always seems to be typical that this comes up every season that a season wants to be deleted. For me this is properly a case of WP:TOOSOON as what the nominator said. Maybe when we get to October, then we should create this article but for now this a delete. Matt294069 (talk) 10:07, 8 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete per Matt 294069. In fact there was a time when someone made F1 season articles 6-7 years ahead of time and a bunch of these articles were deleted at AFD per WP:TOOSOON....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 13:19, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 16:42, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete Just to soon for this. We already have a draft for this which we can expand and maintain until such time as it appropriate to publish it. Not enough 2021 specific information is known at this point. I would like to propose to WP:SALT so that we can focus on the draft and assure that that's the one which gets published when time is proper to do so.Tvx1 22:21, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment: ironically, whoever created this article seems to have copy-pasted content from the 2021 draft ... but didn't carry over the (few) 2021-specific details in it. Mclarenfan17 (talk) 01:09, 9 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep See Articles for deletion/2019 FIA Formula One World Championship which was nominated 2 years ahead, just like this case. Everyone said to keep it and they were right as here we are now and so is F1.  And there's an obvious alternative to deletion in all such cases – merger to a higher level such as List of Formula One Grands Prix.  Per our policy WP:PRESERVE, we prefer such non-destructive choices.  As for the argument that there's nothing to say about 2021, this is evidently false as there is lots of planning and publicity about this – see What's at stake in F1's crucial 2021 rules meeting..., for example. Andrew D. (talk) 10:32, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * There's speculation and discussion about what they want for 2021, but nothing specific has been decided, let alone announced. Timeframe alone is not justification to have such an article. I can easily link to of a similar AFD which resulted in delete in a similar timeframe, where you were ironically the only one supporting to keep it based on the same flawed arguments as here.Tvx1 12:53, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * That article – 2020_Formula_One_World_Championship – was not deleted and is still in mainspace. So, the precedent is clear – we keep such articles. Andrew D. (talk) 14:50, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * the reason that the 2020 article exists is because those articles include details which are new to 2020, (i.e. the vitnamesse grand prix) and a large number of entries are confirmed so there is lots of unique information on the season. The same can not be said for 2021. The 2021 article consists of 1 confirmed entry and a list of grand prix under contract, do you propose to have an article for every season which has a contracted race or driver? I think not. Besides WP:OTHERSTUFF means that you can't argue that the 2020 article existing means the 2021 article must exist too. SSSB (talk) 16:00, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * No,you’re wrong. That article was actually deleted. It was recreated much later when 2020 specific information was announced. Also, there was another AFD dealing with the article you mentioned which resulted in it being deleted at that time. Moreover November 2017 is not two years away from January 2019.Tvx1 22:37, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. North America1000 13:40, 9 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included by Andrew Davidson in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. --Tryptofish (talk) 19:26, 9 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep Information about it mentioned in plenty of places as evident in the references in the article. And the ESPN article  has a lot to say about it.  Also no sense deleting an article only to recreate it later on.  This isn't some planned film that might not get made, this is something which is guaranteed to happen so not a crystal ball situation.   D r e a m Focus  18:00, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * And yet the parts of that article that cover the 2021 season are speculative (its mostly a history lesson), there is nothing in that ESPN article which states that anything definite except that there will be a championship, yet we know of championships extending upto 2026 with the contracts referenced in the article, do you propse to create championship articles to 2026? I don't think so. The only sources in that article are sources informing us of 1 team, 15 tracks which will be in the championship along with confirmation that Pirelli will supply tires. Those are also the only season specific information in that article and the only season specific information available in sources, primary or secondry. Finally, there is sence is deleting an article even for it to be created later as explained in WP:TOOSOON. SSSB (talk) 21:36, 13 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete as too soon, only information is one driver has a contract, as do some venues. When the interesting, expected car changes get announced and finalised, that would be content worth having. Right now, no extraordinary, or at all interesting, information. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:23, 15 May 2019 (UTC)


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