Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/UFC 156

UFC 156 is an event. Like all other events, it has its beginnings, its developments, its culmination to the spectacle we witness on its projected date. Its date. This is an important piece of information in establishing an event, as all of its intertwining threads must be sewn by this day. If these details that emerge to hallmark the ongoing timeline of the creation of the event aren't of merit to document as all other facts are documented on Wikipedia, then why do we treat other ongoing events like Hurricane Sandy and the 2012 Presidential Election in such a way? Just as Wikipedia notes damage reported by Sandy, Wikipedia, as it sensibly has been, may document that both Frankie Edgar and Jose Aldo had agreed to a proposed bout offered by the UFC for this noted event, in its noted venue, on its noted date. And should anyone argue that such a detail has no belonging on Wikipedia, then why should there remain an existence to the UFC 151 article? That article contains nothing more than plans the UFC had for an event that has not taken place, just like UFC 156. And while that thought lingers in your thinking box, might I bring to light the existence of a poster I possess that had been given to me following a screening of a UFC Pay-Per-View at a bar. This poster is for UFC 119: Mir vs Nogueira II; however, Mir and Nogueira did not meet each other for the second time at that event. The poster represents what was planned, and at one time was what we, the fans, thought we would be watching on September 25th, 2010. The poster is a documentation of the development of UFC 119, on a physical medium that can referenced to this day, no differently than the poster of the phantom UFC 151 sitting in the top right of Wikipedia's UFC 151 article. Should the Edgar-Aldo fight fall through, then Wikipedia can document that the proposed bout was scrapped, as well as any other changes in the event's development, similarly to Wikipedia documenting the numbers of lives taken in an ongoing disaster even though the number changes as each day passes.

There is a community who cares for this information, thereby validating its use on Wikipedia, and here has been the popular choice, if not only choice, for the compilation of all advancements made in creating these UFC events we anticipate with fervor. The facts these details are subject to change does not undermine Wikipedia's vision. The documentation of these details is not journalism. Any journalistic endeavors are done by journalists for their respective format, whether it be magazine or website. Their collected information, sometimes labeled as rumor, generally comes from the mouths of either UFC executives, fighters who are participating on the card, or other businessmen involved. These individuals make their statements, they are reported by journalists, and these facts are noted on Wikipedia. Once the night of the event comes to pass, none of this documented information is subject to change. It has its place of permanence on Wikipedia because none of it was wrong. It belongs here.