Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malaya Sportivnaya Arena

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The result was Merge with Sheriff Stadium. Cbrown1023 talk 01:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Malaya Sportivnaya Arena

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Small sports stadium has no refs to show it is notable. Only 275 Google hits, primarily Wikipedia and its mirror sites. Does not meet WP:N, WP:V or WP:RS. Inkpaduta 20:59, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Notability not demonstrated, and no references. WMMartin 15:21, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• Comment: According to pictures, the Malaya Arena [1] is the same as handled in this article. Apparently it is the same as Sheriff Stadium, or at least located in the same complex. Julius Sahara 18:35, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Quarl ^(talk) 08:02, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

• Comment The Sheriff Stadium article says it is the only modern stadium in town. But the Malaya Sportivnaya article give a capacity of 14,200 while the Sheriff article gives a capacity of 14,300. How about redirecting to the Sheriff Stadium article, which seems more credible, since it has references. Inkpaduta 20:17, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Malaysia-related deletions. --   ⇒ bsnowball  10:13, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

But the stadium isn't in Malaysia, it's in eastern Europe. --Holderca1 16:42, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

For some reason they gave it a name which could mislead. (There is in the U.S. "Indiana University of Pennsylvania" which is unrelated to the state of Indiana, but is in the town of Indiana, Pennsylvania.) Maybe someone could add to the article why something in Eastern Europe is called Malaya.Inkpaduta 18:19, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

It's not misleading in the slavic languages. 'Malaya' here is small - as opposed to 'Bolshaya' which is 'large'. In fact there does appear to be a Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena in Tiraspol - which from the link may be the one described here. Very confusing... -- BPMullins | Talk 01:03, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Nishkid64 18:45, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. I added two references, and I am now convinced of its notability. YechielMan 19:27, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Comment But do the references indicate it is physically different from Sheriff Stadium? Should this article be merged into that one? Inkpaduta 20:22, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Answer. No, the refs don't say that. They might indeed be the same thing. YechielMan 20:38, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

• Merge with Sheriff Stadium; as far as I can tell they're the same thing. If they're not, just redirect there, as all the sources pertain to Sheriff Stadium – Qxz 20:46, 14 February 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.