Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sailing at the 1896 Summer Olympics


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The result was   redirect to 1896 Summer Olympics.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 21:06, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Sailing at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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Contested prod. There were no sailing events at the 1896 Games. The primary reference is the official report, which mentions on pages 108–109 (228–229 of the pdf file) a regatta to be held on April 1 but was cancelled due to weather. This fact is already mentioned (with a cited reference) in the parent article at 1896 Summer Olympics, so this information would not be lost by this article's deletion. But at WP:WikiProject Olympics, we have consensus to not create new articles for events that didn't take place. There are not enough reliable secondary sources to support an entire article on this topic; all that exists in the article now are half-empty infoboxes and tables, and non-notable content paraphrased from the official report. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 19:46, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - As the nom states, there was no sailing at the 1896 Olympics. Thus we shouldn't have an article for it. DitzyNizzy (aka Jess) &#124; (talk to me) &#124; (What I've done)  21:55, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * As member of Wikiproject Sailing : the consensus of WikiProject Olympics is good, but sailing was really scheduled in 1896. This (short) article, needing no more informations, is written in the continuity of the others (1900, 1904...). Other articles link to this one, and it will create much more problems to user NED33 if the article is deleted, than to WP if WikiProject Olympics members agree to keep it. As user NED33 is improving a lot of articles about Sailing at Olympics, I suggest to consider the whole presentation of the subject, not only this particular article.--Barbetorte (talk) 23:50, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * How will deletion "create much more problems" for one editor...? — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 23:58, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Waste of time to update related tables, and something else annoying about letter and spirit of the law (the consensus) ! And few editors on sailing articles, able to correct existing mistakes, especially at the beginning of 1900's...--Barbetorte (talk) 08:52, 25 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:55, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to the 1896 Olympics article, as it mentions that sailing was cancelled. Usefule redirect as part of a series of articles named thusly. 70.29.210.155 (talk) 04:09, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * redirect as a sensible solution. Information is still available about there being no event, and we have an appropriate term that will direct the reader to the information.  It's a win, win! -- Whpq (talk) 16:52, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note that a redirect will screw up the infobox on Sailing at the Summer Olympics, which uses the #ifexist parser function to create a link, or render the year in gray. By keeping a redirect, the infobox will make it look like the event was held in 1896.  In many cases, I agree that redirection is more useful than deletion, but not in this specific case. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 18:47, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't see that as a problem. The fact that the link is active means that it is clickable and would lead the reader to the information that it was scheduled but not held.  -- Whpq (talk) 19:50, 27 May 2010 (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.