Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K-1 Rising 2012 ~ K-1 World MAX Final 16 ~ in Madrid


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The result was   delete. JohnCD (talk) 19:39, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

K-1 Rising 2012 ~ K-1 World MAX Final 16 ~ in Madrid

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Contested PROD : This sports event fails WP:NOTNEWSPAPER policy along with WP:EVENT, WP:SPORTSEVENT, there is no attempt in the actual article to demonstrate that there will be any lasting significance, sourced only to a press release and promoters website, it is unlikely that the event will gain anything other than routine coverage that any sports event gets. Mt king  (edits)  22:54, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:19, 15 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete The article is for a future qualifying event and has no independent sources. Papaursa (talk) 19:05, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep The article is for the K-1 Max Final 16 event - not qualifying - and has now also independent sources. Ozumi-k1fan (talk) 14:15, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete The new sources still read like press releases from K-1, just in different papers. "The winners will qualify for the Final" sounds like this is a qualifying event to me. Astudent0 (talk) 17:45, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep K-1 events have been considered notable and this certain event imposes no exception. The quality of the article can be improved but arguing the event itself does not meet notability guidelines is not relevant. Behemoth (talk) 21:19, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Arguing that the event does not meet notability guidelines is exactly relevant, K-1 events in the past have been deleted as not notable, and there is zero indication that this will be one of the ones that is. Mt  king  (edits)  22:22, 16 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete This is a future qualifying event for the finals with a lack of significant coverage--the fighters and bouts haven't even been announced yet. The final 16 has generally not been considered notable.  For example, see Articles for deletion/K-1 World MAX 2008 World Championship Tournament Final 16.  Numerous other K-1 events have also been deleted--see Articles for deletion/K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest.  With proper sourcing I believe the final event is notable, but not this one. Mdtemp (talk) 18:07, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The Final 16 of the heavyweights is considered notable. The 70KG Final 16 has not been considered notable because had two parts in the past not one like in present. I propose to be considered notable considering we will not have anymore the Dynamite!! events. And Badr Hari vs. Cro Cop is on card. Ozumi-k1fan (talk) 13:14, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually, the notability of the heavyweight "final 16" events has never been tested at an AfD. I just looked at 3 of them and they consist of nothing but the results.  In addition, the only sources given at any of them was the K-1 website.  I suspect they might get deleted if anyone actually did an AfD on them. Papaursa (talk) 00:08, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

*Keep as nomination violates WP:TROLL and WP:DICK. --63.3.19.129 (talk) 17:32, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Struck comment by banned user ([]) and sockpuppet (Sockpuppet investigations/63.3.19.129/Archive). Papaursa (talk) 17:48, 21 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete Lack of significant coverage. HN81K (talk) 17:56, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Per WP:CRYSTAL. Mostly sourced with a single reprinted press release. BusterD (talk) 21:46, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Lets get on with it. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 22:43, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Not enough info! 22dragon22burn (talk) 22:44, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per past precedence. If I correctly recall from past kickboxing event AfDs, a kickboxing event is generally not notable unless it is for the final round of a tournament and/or crowns a champion.  The article states that this is an elimination round where "[t]he winners will qualify for the [f]inal" therefore this isn't the finals.  --TreyGeek (talk) 01:41, 23 April 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.