Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2007 Formula One season Testing

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. - Mailer Diablo 07:58, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2007 Formula One season Testing

2007 Formula One season Testing (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

The article is cruft. Information on testing should be confined to the main 2007 season page as discussed here and here. Journeyman 00:43, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

• Delete as excessive detail with no encyclopedic perspective relating the data to the broader topic. Offseason testing is more notable in F1 than any other motorsports series, but still is of only niche interest, mostly passing news rather than anything encyclopedic. If any of the most important changes seen at the tests isn't in the 2007 season article, then merge it to there; otherwise I don't think we need a redirect. Barno 01:53, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per nom.Ganfon 02:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per above. MER-C 07:41, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete We'd be the only encyclopaedic source that went into this level of detail. I would expect some (limited) material on testing results to appear in the season articles in the period before the season starts, I would also expect that to be edited down leaving only the most significant points as the season progresses, as most of it will prove to be irrelevant. By the end of the season you might see only a comment that 'Despite topping pre-season testing, the Banger Racing Team finished last in every race'. 4u1e 08:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
  • So what if we're the "only encyclopaedic source that went into this level of detail"? We can outdo our rivals can't we? --Madnessinshorts 21:44, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Yes, but we can't include everything. My comment was meant more as a guide to where we stop, not an indication that we shouldn't be better - of course we should! ;) I suppose 'notability' is really the point, but a good first indicator on notability might be what other encyclopaedic motorsport sources include. Motorsport articles on Wikipedia already go into as much/more detail than specialist racing sources on some topics. 'Normal' encyclopedias wouldn't even include many of them, or only in much, much briefer form. Of course any relevant points from testing should appear in the appropriate season article, but it's not likely to need to take up much space. 4u1e 16:09, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete It makes Speedy Deletion because it thinks that it isn't yet done.--Naohiro19(Talk Page/Contributions) 09:36, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete as above. Manipe 12:38, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - non encyclopedic: in very few years these informations are no more relevant. -- Cate | _Talk 14:09, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, testing is not worthy of an article. We don't have articles on practice for other sports, and shouldn't. Recury 15:00, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - Per Nom Junebug52 15:06, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - arguably testing proves nothing to anyone except the teams themselves, and isn't representative to us of any progress they're making. Thus it's misleading as well as irrelevant. Bretonbanquet 20:46, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Well-referenced and well-written. Even if "testing proves nothing to anyone except the teams themselves", the point may be missed. We have info, let's keep it there. And yes, maybe it is "of only niche interest", but is that a bad thing? Most A fair deal of Wikipedia article are about "of niche interest" and that's what makes Wikipedia special. --Madnessinshorts 21:44, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per nom.-- danntm ^T _C 02:21, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletions. -- SkierRMH 04:08, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Non-encyclopaedic - testing deserves a couple of paragraphs in the main 2007 article and a couple of external links to sites publishing lists of times and such like - no more than that --Jsydave 16:42, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete No need for it, hastily put together in a rush. The359 17:12, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - Dont see what this page achieves, its basically the entry list for the 2007 FIA F1 season which is already on Wikipedia elsewhere --Granger Toivets
• Weak delete per all above. Insanephantom(my Editor Review) 05:28, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

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.