Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sports timeline

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The result was delete. Decision was DELETE per the various comments below. JodyB_talk 22:05, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

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Too confusing in scope with no criteria, what qualifies an entry in this sports timeline, there are so many sports a list like this is imposssible to maintain Delete Secret ^account 23:53, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Delete as Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. It is not cleat what "significant event" means and thus has no clear inclusion criteria. There is too many space for POV and article has no sources. I would say the 1985 World Snooker Championship final is very significant, why was this not selected for 1985? Why is the first Ryder Cup more significant than the first World Snooker Championship? (1927) Armbrust ^Talk _Contribs 11:49, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Delete - the article topic is simply too large and sprawling to be practical. It would need to be broken down into more manageable chunks. And that structure already exists as a set of articles. -- Whpq (talk) 15:59, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:35, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:36, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
Delete - impossible to maintain, also it is difficult to determine which event per year to include without being POV.—Chris!_c/t 22:43, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
DELETE per the above reasons. He iro 03:58, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Delete - I was thinking "keep" until I went through the article and realized how poblematic this article will always be. There is no criteria for inclusion into this list, and odd events will be included based on editor's American/European/Soccer/Football/Anti-steroids/Ancient history POV. I personally think that Tiger's boo-boo shouldn't even be big news within American sports, much less a worldwide history. Now, Wide Right I on the other hand... Plus, as Whpq said, there already is a category for it. Nolelover 21:55, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

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