Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Formula One broadcasters

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The result was keep. Passes WP:LISTN. (non-admin closure) —☮JAaron95 ^Talk 10:08, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

List of Formula One broadcasters[edit]

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Wikipedia is not a television guide T v x1 16:20, 18 August 2015 (UTC) T v x1 16:20, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 19:01, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Strongly against. Formula One is a commericial, televisiual sport, unlike many other sports such as football and cricket. In the event, whilst the article is becoming a little trivial, a rewrite of the prose section would definitely help. Spa-Franks (talk) 00:31, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Strong speedy delete – Per nom. This is literally nothing except a TV guide, with most references being the broadcaster's TV guides themselves. Twirly Pen (Speak ^up) 05:11, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Of minimal use I would have thought. Eagleash (talk) 08:44, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I am certainly for deleting the useless F1 race rights article, but this one I find quite interesting, even though it could use some work. Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:26, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I was about to put my foot in my mouth by saying "Great! This makes it easier looking for world feeds" now that some races are no longer free to air locally... however, I say keep because this commercial aspect is a pillar of the sport and the success or failure of feeds by country has also seen F1 races come and go from the calendar. Hope this makes sense. Very thorough and not just a TV guide in my humble opinion but agree it could do with some re-work. CtrlXctrlV (talk) 14:49, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And just how are, say, the identities of the Albanian, Macedonian, Montenegrin and Korean broadcasters relevant to that and in fact to the English language wikipedia? T v x1 16:58, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relevant enough for those countries to be involved in F1 and F1 organizers letting them signup? Remember that Korea and Azerbaijan etc would have been on your list too in the past. Besides, knowledge is universal, and not just in English otherwise this Wiki would not be containing international matters related to non-English speaking countries. CtrlXctrlV (talk) 02:42, 20 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can you provide even one source, in support of your claim, that any Grand Prix came in to existence as a direct result of the sport being broadcast in that country. Bear in mind that many Grands Prix (a number of which are still held to his day) came into existence well before television was of a great importance. T v x1 20:42, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep. There's a lot of junk on that page (do we seriously need a list of pit lane reporters?), but the subject of sporting broadcasters does seem to scrape over the notability hurdle. I know WP:Other stuff exists isn't meant to be an argument, but we do have a whole category of articles of broadcasters for top level sporting events. QueenCake (talk) 15:29, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, just having a look here, many other sports leagues have a "List of Broadcasters" page. I find this interesting and useful to find out information from. I would hardly call this a TV guide. CDRL102 (talk) 20:54, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – Needs work but it's worth keeping per similar articles for other sports. It's plainly not a TV guide. Bretonbanquet (talk) 21:02, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thaischumi (talk • contribs) 22:48, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Interesting and useful information, I don't see that this is 'simply' a TV guide. ARDawson (talk) 12:15, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Certainly not 'just a TV guide'- there is no 'central database' of Formula 1 broadcasters and this page allows for comparisons between different countries and their coverage to be made. Some sections (e.g. list of pitlane reporters) are probably too trivial to remain but the main focus of the page is relevant. CF1V8 (talk) 12:55, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And do you genuinely think it is Wikipedia's function to be a central database of Formula 1 broadcasters? T v x1 20:43, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, for being interesting information, especially over time, how the broadcasting changes over years. Snowsuit Wearer (talk|contribs) 21:06, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep and arguably a WP:SNOW keep. The article clearly has some WP:SURMOUNTABLE problems that painfully need to be addressed. That being said, this appears to meet WP:LISTN. Mkdw ^talk 01:03, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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.