Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Powersports

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The result was soft redirect to Wikt:powersports. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 12:49, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Powersports[edit]

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This has been completely unreferenced since its creation in 2006. Normally, if an article were unreferenced, I might just tag it, but someone already did tag it as {{unreferenced}}...back in 2009, and no-one's added any sources in the last 13+ years. A Google Books search turns up various mentions of the word powersports in advertisements in Cycle World Magazine, but I haven't spotted any books which cover it in-depth in a way that would suggest an encyclopedia article could be written citing them. A Google web search also brings up mostly advertisements or commercial sites selling things where "powersports" appears only as a keyword/buzzword. -sche (talk) 19:38, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Motorsport-related deletion discussions. -sche (talk) 19:38, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Unsourced for 20 years, gives you an idea of how non-notable this is. Sure, it's a term, but DICDEF isn't what we're here for. Nothing found that discusses the term or the concept at length. Oaktree b (talk) 19:58, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
WP:AFD is not cleanup - Wikipedia is a work in progress and articles should not be deleted as punishment because no one has felt like cleaning them up yet. Pelmeen10 (talk) 09:25, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:03, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Wiktionary has am entry for this term, which is all that's needed. - "Ghost of Dan Gurney" ^{(work / talk)} 22:48, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Would an interwiki link to the wiktionary article be a good alternative to deletion here? Trainsandotherthings (talk) 13:37, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure. But if it is, I would support it. - "Ghost of Dan Gurney" ^{(work / talk)} 13:46, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Soft redirect - Per above: soft redirect to the Wikitionary page seems appropriate. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 01:00, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris ^talk! 08:24, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect - using {{Wiktionary redirect}}. Silikonz💬 14:53, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Wiktionary per above. // Timothy :: talk 09:39, 11 April 2023 (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.