Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Archery at the 2017 Island Games


 * 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 draftify. This article can still be updated as a draft. (non-admin closure)  J 947 (c)  21:10, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Archery at the 2017 Island Games

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Not a notable sports event to warrant an article, the event is a few months away and referenced by a primary source only. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 21:35, 25 March 2017 (UTC)


 * The sport is one of fourteen games being undertaken by twenty four teams from many countries in the Island Games. I do not see that archery is more, or less, important than any of the other games in the competition. Wikipedia articles exist for all the games since 1985 with many sub articles for the various sports in the bi-annual games. The games attract 3,000 competitors. It is not a minor event. This page is set up pending the public announcements of the teams and events and the competition itself in June. Until then, the sources are limited, once the games are in progress, there will be many sources in different countries and in many languages to link to these games. Ânes-pur-sàng (talk) 00:05, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:28, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sweden-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:28, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Patar knight - chat/contributions 02:15, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Move to draft space until the event actually happens.--Jahaza (talk) 02:17, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
 * If you move it so it is not visible, it cannot be updated as more information of participants, times and places are released over the next 6-8 weeks. Ânes-pur-sàng (talk) 15:54, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:23, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh (talk) 00:55, 10 April 2017 (UTC)


 * After re-listing three times, there does not appear to be any support for the suggested deletion, so can we now remove the warning and close this issue. Ânes-pur-sàng (talk) 13:31, 18 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Userify or draftify until event actually takes place. WP:TOOSOON  applies, except that this is reasonably likely to occur.  Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 19:55, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree. move to a draft until the event happens and appropriate sources can be drawn from. Clawsyclaw (talk) 11:31, 20 April 2017 (UTC)


 * I disagree that WP:TOOSOON applies. Toosoon talks about actors and films, nothing to do with sports events. If it did apply, then all 17 sub-article as well as the main 2017 Island Games should have the same rule applied to them to be consistent. Ânes-pur-sàng (talk) 14:59, 20 April 2017 (UTC)


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