Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Semi-final

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The result was redirect. Wizardman 03:02, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-final

This page is just a dictionary definition right now, and I'm not seeing much potential for expansion. I suggest that, like the quarter-final page, this be changed to a redirect to Single-elimination tournament. DropDeadGorgias (talk) 15:39, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect. I agree to it.

—— The Unknown HitchhikerO 15:53, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect, although, technically, a semi-final can occur in a double-elimination tournament as well. The definition contained in the article isn't accurate, since it says that one usage is "any post-regular season match". A final is not a semi-final, nor does the term seem to be applied to anything less than the final that decides half of the two teams in a final match (hence the prefix 'semi'). Mandsford (talk) 17:54, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect as above, though I will note that Mandsford's last comment isn't totally accurate. In some competitions, a final four teams can then play a major semi-final to send a team directly to the final, and a minor semi-final which decides which of the other two teams competes against the loser of the major semi-final to send another team to the final. Thus the minor semi-final doesn't decide half of the two teams in the final match. Grutness...wha? 01:35, 25 March 2008 (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.