Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Full FIFA Men's World Rankings


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:11, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Full FIFA Men's World Rankings

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Extensive copy of a table from FIFA. Not sure if this constitutes original enough information to qualify as a copyvio. Needs discussion. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:10, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions.  Gongshow  Talk 04:38, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions.  Gongshow  Talk 04:39, 4 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete – clearly a copyvio of http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/index.html. – Kosm  1  fent  04:54, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete, leaning towards speedy delete as potential copyvio. GiantSnowman 08:34, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete under criterion G12 (copyvio). The only content in this article is the full rankings, and there is already an article explaining the history and format of the ranking system at FIFA World Rankings, so there is no need to keep this one whatsoever. – PeeJay 19:40, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * For those !voting delete for copyvio, note that although this is indeed extensively copied, if it is general enough information without any creative input it may not be a copyvio. Imagine List of tallest buildings in the world being copied from a source, including height, date of completion, and name of the construction; that would not be a copyvio as there is no creative input. "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", as creative endeavor went into selecting the information, would be a copyvio if it were copied in full. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:32, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * The FIFA World Rankings do indeed involve some creative endeavour, since the algorithm used to determine each team's points total is ubiquitous to this subject. If this list was ordered by numbers of international wins, it would not be possible to copyright it, but this list is copyrighted by FIFA and its replication here is a violation of that copyright. – PeeJay 20:38, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete as WP:HOAX. England are 3rd?! Yeah, right...  Lugnuts  And the horse 07:18, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - I'm not sure if this is copyvio and should be speedy deleted, but I do know that it's not encyclopedic and should be deleted. Mentoz86 (talk) 18:53, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete under criteria G12 (copyright violation) and A10 (Recently created article that duplicates an existing topic). This page is redundant to FIFA World Rankings. ★ Bald Zebra ★ talk 14:25, 11 September 2012 (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.