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The result was keep. Geschichte ( talk) 19:44, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
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Wikipedia is not a stats directory per
WP:NSPORTSEVENT. I would redirect this to a team page per the guidance, but that guidance isn't applicable here.
TheSandDoctor
Talk
05:14, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
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WP:NSEASONS is of no relevance here as this article is not about the season of a single team.
A7V2 (
talk)
06:10, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for the catch. Amended to reflect WP:NSPORTSEVENT, which says basically the same thing. -- TheSandDoctor Talk 18:25, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- Comment I looked at the navigation point at the bottom of the article and chose 1977 USAC Mini-Indy Series season and 2019 Indy Lights then randomly picked a few others. They appear to all be written as stat sheets with little or no prose included. -- Tsistunagiska ( talk) 17:38, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- Keep There is no valid basis for deleting this article. Not to WP:OTHERSTUFF but seasons of virtually every other professional motorsports league has articles. Why were these four seasons singled out? Because the nom thought the body was a bit light - that can be fixed and is not a reason to delete. - Drdisque ( talk) 18:11, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- AfD is not for article cleanup, however, this is just a collection of stats with no prose to speak of outside of the lede. A "bit light" is a gross understatement. I pointed out that this issue isn't just found in these four seasons but in all the seasons from 1977 to 2020, which was reportedly cancelled but hasn't been deleted as an article yet. Not saying I am for deletion but I am pointing out that the nominator isn't wrong about their assertion in regards to this nomination or the others proposed. -- Tsistunagiska ( talk) 21:11, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- Keep Why is this one of the four seasons that are been sighted out as this motorsport season was essentially the second tier of CART until 2002 where IndyCar picked that up. Really the page needs to be modernized instead of being deleted. HawkAussie ( talk) 01:04, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- Keep - I'm not convinced that WP:NSPORTSEVENT is relevant either since these are season articles not just a single event (not that I feel it is relevant to even individual races but that is not under discussion here). It's unreasonable to expect there to be lots of online sources for racing from before the internet took off, but there are books and news articles which unfortunately I don't have access to. As others say, these articles may be undersourced, but they are still notable. A7V2 ( talk) 00:52, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
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The result was keep. Geschichte ( talk) 19:44, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
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Wikipedia is not a stats directory per
WP:NSPORTSEVENT. I would redirect this to a team page per the guidance, but that guidance isn't applicable here.
TheSandDoctor
Talk
05:14, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Motorsport-related deletion discussions. TheSandDoctor Talk 05:14, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- Comment -
WP:NSEASONS is of no relevance here as this article is not about the season of a single team.
A7V2 (
talk)
06:10, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for the catch. Amended to reflect WP:NSPORTSEVENT, which says basically the same thing. -- TheSandDoctor Talk 18:25, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- Comment I looked at the navigation point at the bottom of the article and chose 1977 USAC Mini-Indy Series season and 2019 Indy Lights then randomly picked a few others. They appear to all be written as stat sheets with little or no prose included. -- Tsistunagiska ( talk) 17:38, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- Keep There is no valid basis for deleting this article. Not to WP:OTHERSTUFF but seasons of virtually every other professional motorsports league has articles. Why were these four seasons singled out? Because the nom thought the body was a bit light - that can be fixed and is not a reason to delete. - Drdisque ( talk) 18:11, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- AfD is not for article cleanup, however, this is just a collection of stats with no prose to speak of outside of the lede. A "bit light" is a gross understatement. I pointed out that this issue isn't just found in these four seasons but in all the seasons from 1977 to 2020, which was reportedly cancelled but hasn't been deleted as an article yet. Not saying I am for deletion but I am pointing out that the nominator isn't wrong about their assertion in regards to this nomination or the others proposed. -- Tsistunagiska ( talk) 21:11, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
- Keep Why is this one of the four seasons that are been sighted out as this motorsport season was essentially the second tier of CART until 2002 where IndyCar picked that up. Really the page needs to be modernized instead of being deleted. HawkAussie ( talk) 01:04, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
- Keep - I'm not convinced that WP:NSPORTSEVENT is relevant either since these are season articles not just a single event (not that I feel it is relevant to even individual races but that is not under discussion here). It's unreasonable to expect there to be lots of online sources for racing from before the internet took off, but there are books and news articles which unfortunately I don't have access to. As others say, these articles may be undersourced, but they are still notable. A7V2 ( talk) 00:52, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
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