Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Water Polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was KEEP. Golbez 06:43, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Water Polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics
This ariticle gives its "source" as another Wikipedia article (Water polo)! In fact, it's just a paragraph from that article. Maybe someday somebody will write an interesting article on a particular sport at a particular Olympics, but just repeating material from another article is not a good way to start. Isaac R 01:36, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Merge to Water polo. Wait, it is? Then Delete. &mdash; Phil Welch 02:05, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Already merged so its a definate Delete.--EatAlbertaBeef 02:08, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Uncreate the fork. Geogre 03:37, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete fork. --FCYTravis 04:39, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. There is potential for an article on this because the water polo match semi-final between Hungary and the USSR occurred after the Hungarian revolution and was a bloodbath. However, our water polo article covers it adequately and there's not much point in having a repeat article. An article covering the tournament in depth may be a different story. Capitalistroadster 05:06, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete fork. JamesBurns 05:23, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment - I just did a complete reworking of the article. Please take another look at it now. -- Jonel 15:05, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * If you'd added more narrative, I might have changed my vote. But you just added a lot of scores. In my opinion, that makes the article even less useful. A good encyclopedia article is not a collection of trivia. Have a look at WP:NOT. If you have a passion for sports scores, consider starting a sports almanac at Wikisource. Isaac R 16:36, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Please take a look at Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics and compare that to this one. The 1956 article has *more* narrative than that one, as I kept (but cleaned up) the information that was already there.  It is my avowed belief that all Olympic results are encyclopedic.  If someone can add more narrative to any of the Olympic pages, I would be very grateful. -- Jonel 23:17, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Absolutely keep rewritten article, now that it's no longer a fork. We have plenty of articles on specific sports at specific Olympics (see Template:Olympic Games Football to start with). A collection of Olympic competititors and scores is most definitely an acceptable start to an encyclopedia article. If you think it needs more prose, add a tag on it. sjorford &rarr;&bull;&larr; 17:13, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep! It could be expanded, but its a good start... --Phroziac 17:30, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep You 19:45, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Well done Jonel. It's a useful article now. Capitalistroadster 23:14, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep well-rewritten article. Xoloz 03:33, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep a good article on one of the more well known events of those olympics--AYArktos 07:48, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. One of the more notable events at the 1956 Summer Olympics for the Hungary/USSR contest.--Takver 12:16, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep -- valuable topic containing useful verifiable information. - Longhair | Talk 13:38, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep --[[Image:Flag_of_Australia.svg|20px]]  Cyber  junkie  15:56, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Agree with Longhair. Mr Tan 03:14, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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