Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Criticisms of age regulations in sports

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 delete. Courcelles 02:33, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Criticisms of age regulations in sports[edit]

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This article appears to be almost completely OR, sourced to blogs, forums and other sources which discuss a tiny proportion of the subject each. Nothing suggests a single notable topic to be the overall subject of this article. Elen of the Roads (talk) 02:50, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The article was originally written as an essay meant to be specifically about tennis, gymnastics, and swimming. When I found it I moved it to the present title because I thought that might be an encyclopedic topic (the original author's various objections to that move, and descriptions of what he wanted the article to be, can be read at the talk page). I have no opinion on whether the topic is actually encyclopedic or not because I haven't read the article or looked at the sources; I just moved it to the present title because it seemed like the general topic of age regulations may have encyclopedic potential. If this particular article is no good, a solution might be for someone to create a new article on age regulations on sports in general, and make [a rewritten version of] this into a "criticism" section of that. rʨanaɢ (talk) 04:46, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Cobbling together the opinions of other people doesn't instantly make the article not an essay or opinion piece, it just makes it lots of opinion pieces cobbled together. This isn't really appropriate as an encyclopedia article; in general I find most of the "Criticism of..." articles to be problematic violations of WP:NPOV from the get-go, and this one is no exception. Like all "Criticism of..." articles, this is nothing more than "a collection of people who share my opinion on this topic". --Jayron32 06:50, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
delete the encyclopaedic content of the article is perhaps the age limits, but these can be stated in a single sentence in an article on the sport or athletic activity. All the rest of it is a very one sided essay challenging the current age limits, both in its arguments and in its narrow focus on a handful of female athletes in three types of 'sport'.--JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 21:04, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 21:53, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 21:53, 24 November 2010 (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.