Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Plot 'n' bash

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 redirect to Road rally. The current consensus is to cover this topic at Road rally, but no prejudice to recreating if a well-sourced article is written at a later date. (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 17:24, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Plot 'n' bash[edit]

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Non-notable subject with no reliable references since 2004 Majash2020 (talk) 08:12, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Motorsport-related deletion discussions. Majash2020 (talk) 08:12, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Reliable sources probably do exist for this, but finding them would mean going through old back issues of motoring magazines or getting old books on rallying from the library, which during the COVID-19 pandemic is far harder than it usually would be. This page should probably be merged with Road rally, however. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 21:29, 15 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 16:09, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ Redirect - Searching for sources turns up a couple of uses of the phrase, but ultimately very little coverage of the concept. While a Redirect to Road rally would probably be fine, Merger would not be appropriate at this time, as there is no sourced information currently in the article. Rorshacma (talk) 16:18, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The sources do exist, and I would add them to the articles if I had access to them, but they aren't online and accessing them during a pandemic is unreasonably difficult. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 19:36, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@HumanBodyPiloter5: If we were to move this into draft space, would that be of use to you? As it stands the article completely fails WP:V, but I completely understand your pain regarding inability to access off-line resources. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 19:50, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's actually why I suggested a Redirect as an option - it would preserve the history of the current page, at least, for further possible use. Draftifying, as suggested above, would also be fine with me. I would just be against any kind of actual merger or addition of information to the Road rally article until after those sources can be found, due to concerns of WP:V. I have adjusted my bolded recommendation above, though, just to be clearer on my position. Rorshacma (talk) 20:03, 20 November 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.