Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of World Cups


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The result was   merge to  List of world championships. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:48, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

List of World Cups

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This list seems unnecessary when List of world championships already exists and provides complete insight on these international tournaments. There are also no sources or external links. This may qualify for WP:SYNTH. MicroX (talk) 23:07, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - World Championships are done generally on a annual basis in non-Olympic years or in non-Olympic years. World Cups can either be annual like seasonal events (like Formula 1 or NASCAR) or in events like FIFA;s World Cups. There is a difference between world cup and world championships. Chris (talk) 15:45, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge to List of world championships; the distinction is only of a name. Stifle (talk) 16:22, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge, obviously. I see no evidence of the distinction claimed by Chris. Whether such a global competition in any particular sport is called a world championship or a world cup or something else is more a case of historical accident than any design based on the meanings of the terms, and encyclopedia articles are about concepts, not the names of those concepts. I don't see any reason to claim that this falls foul of WP:SYNTH as no conclusion is being drawn by this article, novel or otherwise. Phil Bridger (talk) 16:56, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:02, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:02, 28 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Merge to List of world championships. This list includes some World Championships and 'List of world championships' includes some World Cups! We actually have several articles around this subject and such a merge would usefully start the rationalization process. The Whispering Wind (talk) 02:26, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
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