Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2020 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500

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The result was nomination withdrawn (non-admin closure). Raymie (t • c) 23:39, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2020 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500[edit]

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~~This article is about an event that has not occurred as of yet i.e. a future event. However, sections of the article have been written as if the event have already been completed.~~

~~E.g. Commentators who have called the race.~~

~~In addition, the page also has empty tables e.g. starting grid, finishing results etc.~~

Recommending that this article be deleted / moved to draft and reintroduced once the event is over. Alternately, this article should be rewritten as an upcoming event with all future dependent actions modified accordingly and the tables removed. Kaisertalk (talk) 05:54, 11 July 2020 (UTC) [reply]

Speedy Keep. Updating nomination to Speedy Keep and closing this discussion based on the edits made by PCN02WPS. Thanks. Kaisertalk (talk) 05:57, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Kaisertalk (talk) 05:54, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Procedural keep The race is less than 10 days out. Is there a standard in WP:NASCAR for when these articles get created? Raymie (t • c) 08:19, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Motorsport-related deletion discussions. Raymie (t • c) 08:20, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep Well within the NASCAR project's article creation guidelines; we know the commentators because NASCAR on NBC and the Performance Racing Network can't just throw any random Joe off the street to commentate a race; these things are known. I've reverted the past-tensing (and a redirect during this discussion). Nate • (chatter) 09:05, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 13:11, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep per above. We're gonna draft an event that happens in *8 days*? Throw a copyedit tag on it instead and call it good. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 13:16, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm more concerned that the article is without any meaningful references. The citations are to the NASCAR website with a broken link from 2013 (not sure how that works for an article so recently made) and to what appears to be another NASCAR website only showing date/time and broadcaster, not anything about the broadcast personnel. A7V2 (talk) 13:46, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I see that the language around commentators has been changed to future tense. That is good. Can we remove the empty tables for starting grid, finishing board etc.? Those tables can be introduced after the race is completed. Alternately, I also liked A.lanzetta's action of introducing a redirect to the generic higher level race article e.g. here. Kaisertalk. (talk) 15:15, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Be bold and remove the tables and change the tense. Nothing is stopping you from doing that. Willsome429 (say hey or see my edits!) 15:25, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 18:15, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep per improvements made above. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 05:21, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @PCN02WPS:. Agree with the speedy keep. Also, saw your post on the other article. Acknowledged. Let me know if anything else is required from my end. Appreciate it. Kaisertalk (talk) 05:31, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Kaisertalk: I am going through each of the 2020 NASCAR race articles that you have AfD'd and making copyedits to address your concerns; if that is all you were worried about you could consider withdrawing the AfDs. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 05:32, 16 July 2020 (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.