Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of safety car affected Formula One races


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 11:45, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

List of safety car affected Formula One races

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Too many articles fall under this page - at least half the races per season have a safety car period in them. Also note, user who created this is blocked indefinitely D.M.N. (talk) 15:08, 22 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. A lot of articles are linked here, sure, but I don't see why that's a reason for deleting this list. That the list was created by a now-blocked user is noted, but seems irrelevant here; there's nothing malicious about the existence of the list. If those interested in Formula One racing find the list useful, then it's useful, regardless of who made it. Fumoses (talk) 15:21, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per items 7 and 11 of WP:LC. Stifle (talk) 16:09, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * comment Use of the term "affected" is problematic. Pedantically, any use of the safety car "affects" a race, but some readers may understand "affected" to imply that the result of the race was affected, rather than just the progress of the race. Some explanation in the list article would certainly help with this problem. MadScot (talk) 16:25, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Inclusion criterion is too subjective. Who gets to decide what goes in the list or not? --Polaron | Talk 16:35, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Definition fails. Safety car "affects" a race, but a SC comes after a accident (or another event). Then, a accident (not SC) "affects" a race. Zero Kitsune (talk) 17:47, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per the reasoning of Polaron & Zero Kitsune.   Esradekan Gibb    "Talk" 01:06, 23 October 2(UTC)
 * Delist In response to Polaron, Zero and Esradekan, the article need not be subjective - if altered to be "List of Formula One races at which a safety car was deployed" it would be referenceable and there would be no element of judgement involved. In response to Stifle - I'm not sure 11 is valid, there are only 17-18 F1 races a year, so updating would not be a problem. 7 (no content other than links) is valid though, and is the basis for my delist. Create a category instead. 4u1e (talk) 15:08, 24 October 2008 (UTC)


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