Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of sponsored sports competitions

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The result was delete. JForget 01:08, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of sponsored sports competitions[edit]

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Utter trivia I don't think there are many if any sporting competitions that are not sponsored by someone not indiscriminate as this list is essentially a list of almost every sporting competition Mo ainm~Talk 12:25, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - basically all sports competitions are sponsored. So, already, the title is misleading as that's not what the article is about. The named after the sponsor is somewhat rarer but rather pointless, as it only means one particular sponsor put enough contribution to be included in the name of the event. Some competitions will change the name with changes in sponsors, such as the Rogers Cup in tennis, or the Tim Hortons Brier. I do believe it falls under WP:NOTDIR point 1: trivial, loosely associated topics.--70.80.234.196 (talk) 14:57, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Badly referenced and pointless. Bjmullan (talk) 20:31, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Move/Delete - Userfy it. It would be a shame to simply delete a user's work in progress whilst they are unable to comment. gonads³ 20:50, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - other than possibly in North America, pretty much every club-level sports competition in the world is both sponsored and named after the sponsor (there are probably over 100 such competitions in English football/soccer alone, right down to the level of the Halifx and District League, which is sponsored by and named after a local curry restaurant), so this list would be absolutely colossal. I concur that it falls under WP:NOTDIR -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:36, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Mo ainm and ChrisTheDude. As most sporting competitions are named after the sponsor, this truly is a pointless article that is woefully incomplete. O Fenian (talk) 11:07, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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