Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adidas sponsorships

: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 keep. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 00:14, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

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:{{la|Adidas sponsorships}} ([{{fullurl:Adidas sponsorships|wpReason={{urlencode: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adidas sponsorships}}&action=delete}} delete]) – (View AfD)(View log)

Like Nike, article is an indiscriminate list with no clear criterion or standard for inclusion. While the sourcing is somewhat better than the Nike listicle, it still suffers from the same problems - a vast, near infinite list with an incredibly wide scope that editors couldn't hope to maintain in good condition even if they bothered. Mosmof (talk) 02:14, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Note Please see related Afds, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nike sponsorships and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Umbro sponsorships. These articles have been PRODed twice, but rationale given for keep at Talk:Umbro sponsorships is, in my opinion, insufficient. Mosmof (talk) 02:20, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 08:37, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 08:37, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
Keep - I think they have a very obvious criteria for inclusion, so I'm not sure how you can argue that they are indiscriminate. And maintenance efforts are also not a valid reason for deletion. matt91486 (talk) 17:38, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
It's indiscriminate because adidas's sponsorship is, in the whole scheme of things, indiscriminate. How is this not counter to WP:LAUNDRY? --Mosmof (talk) 20:07, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
WP:LAUNDRY is not Wiki policy, it's a WikiProject, so it is completely irrelevant as to if this list is disliked by said project. matt91486 (talk) 23:40, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Keep as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nike sponsorships was. Discriminate list, and besides that, much more can potentially be said on the topic besides simply listing the sponsorships: see [http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/article/116415], [http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/article/125799], [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7305-2004Oct4.html], just to pull three from the very first page of search results. Jfire (talk) 23:02, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

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