Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Cheerleading Championships (2nd nomination)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete and redirect to International Cheer Union.  MBisanz  talk 00:02, 9 October 2016 (UTC)

World Cheerleading Championships
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Completely unsourced, and I see no significant improvements over the version that was deleted the last time. Still fails WP:GNG. Primefac (talk) 20:53, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 03:12, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 03:12, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment, if the International Cheer Union is indeed the peak cheerleading body, then this article could be deleted with a redirect and appropriate information incorporated there. Coolabahapple (talk) 03:56, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 16:31, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - While I hate the layout per WP:ALLCAPSSUCK and wish there was concrete information about every championship event, it seems pretty clear that this annual contest is regarded as a legitimate world championship for a competitive sport and has generated sufficient independent published coverage as such to pass GNG. See, for example, THIS article from Australia's ABC News on a Monash University student off to the United States to participate in the 2016 event. Or THIS in The China Post about the 2015 World Cheerleading Championship of the Taiwan team. Or THIS about the Bowling Green State Falcons' victory at the 2014 ICU World Championship event in Orlando. Or THIS from the Telegraph and Argus in the UK about a participant at the 2016 event, held at Disney World in Orlando. Or THIS from New Zealand about a silver medal won in 2016. And so on and so on and so on. Very clearly a GNG pass by any reasonable standard. Carrite (talk) 10:24, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * HERE is a piece from the Philippines about team wins in the 2015 competition. Modern competitive cheerleading is a first cousin to gymnastics, for what it's worth. Carrite (talk) 10:33, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * makes some good points & I've redacted my Delete above. Don't know. On the off chance it stays I've perlified out the GIANT WALL OF SHOUTING. Pinkbeast (talk) 16:19, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * While I do not doubt the credibility of the sources given, none of them are really significant coverage of the WCC. In the order you've presented them:
 * - One sentence giving the date of Worlds.
 * - This would be a good ref for the results table, again it gives barely more than a sentence about the comp itself.
 * - A little more info about Worlds, but it's mostly quotes and team information.
 * - A decent article, actually.
 * - See #1
 * see #2
 * My main concern is that there are no reliable sources for the history of the event itself. While the existing page is rather different from the old version, it actually has less information. In other words, at the moment this page is barely more than a "List of champions" page; can we really have such a list when a proper article about Worlds doesn't exist? Primefac (talk) 21:47, 27 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment For reference, here are the 4 citations in the article:
 * Unscintillating (talk) 18:52, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Unscintillating (talk) 18:52, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Unscintillating (talk) 18:52, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Unscintillating (talk) 18:52, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Unscintillating (talk) 18:52, 2 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete and redirect to International Cheer Union This seems to be a situation where we have worldwide evidence that the topic satisfies WP:N, but the sources of evidence, such as the article from abc.net.au, are not all that useful in writing an article.  We also have the problem that the current article is only sourced with primary sources, so it currently fails WP:V.  And only the first sentence of the current article has inline citations.  The redirect should include Template:R with possibilities.  Unscintillating (talk) 18:52, 2 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete & redirect to International Cheer Union; unsourced WP:LISTCRUFT and insufficient RS to meet GNG. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:36, 6 October 2016 (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.