Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2018 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) power~enwiki (π, ν) 00:13, 6 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2018 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights[edit]

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Pointless list of no interest to the general Wikipedia reader. Not needed, per WP:LISTCRUFT, WP:NOTSTATS and WP:NOTTVGUIDE Joseph2302 (talk) 19:48, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Joseph2302 (talk) 19:49, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep 66 sources, done for every Cup since 1998. WP:IDLI doesn't apply to the layman (we've got plenty of articles here I could argue the same, but someone else likes them and sources them well, so I won't take them to deletion); we've got sourcing and any vandalism is reverted quickly. Nate • (chatter) 20:57, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Seeing as we are throing out blue links, I Like It. I believe this is a relevant list which doesn't fall under Listcruft or Notstats. ^{cinco de}L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 21:11, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep plenty of sources. Other pages for past world cups also exist. Tillerh11 (talk) 22:29, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The list is well sourced and any vandalism is quickly reverted. There are also various list of broadcasters for various other sporting competitions and those have not been deleted. JDamanWP (talk) 23:10, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep This info is included in other World Cup articles, could be merged with main article but is a bit too long for that. Speed74 (talk) 07:33, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm not a huge fan of the list, but think it is better as a standalone list than included in the main body of the parent article. Not sure what the relevance of NOTSTATS is here. The points on vandalism is not relevant either, the discussion should be about the reasons why the list should or shouldn't exist. I see it has had a lot of page views recently; if I could be bothered, I'd check the recent figures for the previous lists to see if there is an enduring readership once the tournaments have finished. Spike 'em (talk) 07:40, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - a topic is only notable if it meets WP:GNG, ie has significant coverage. Lots of WP:ROUTINE links don't make it notable. Giant Snowman 11:59, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep List contains important, notable information and is too large to be merged with the main article. Smartyllama (talk) 16:00, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:LISTCRUFT or merge with the main article. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 22:41, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep contains reliably sourced and notable information, too large to be included in the main article. Broadcast rights to major events are generally notable, and depending on their size can be too large to include in their parent article, as evidenced by List of 2018 Winter Olympics broadcasters and List of 2010 Commonwealth Games broadcasters -- Whats new?^(talk) 23:57, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comments I fail to see how this list will be of interest after the World Cup has finished, I don't see any real practicality here and consider any broadcaster rights lists a poor use of wikipedia. I would delete them all. Govvy (talk) 18:49, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as past consensus is for these lists to exist, also an incredible 700,000 page views in the last month although that will of course reduce, but even so ... Atlantic306 (talk) 18:02, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Like Spike 'em wrote above, I'm not fan of the standalone list, but it's well sourced, which would be only reason I could see for deletion, and would rather see it here than in the main article for the tournament. Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:03, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep That there is "no interest to the general Wikipedia reader" is not something that is backed up by page views. Schwede 66 21:00, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Well sourced. This is world most popular sporting event even more popular than the Olympics clearly notable.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 00:44, 4 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I'm finding this very useful. Arguments that it's info that could be in the 2018 WC article, but that are better organized here, seem compelling. PhilipR (talk) 05:45, 4 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep definitely useful and worthy of staying here. Dial911 (talk) 17:23, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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