Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1990 Daytona 500

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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 of the debate was no consensus. Mailer Diablo 02:00, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 1990 Daytona 500

The article has been merged into a new Memorable Daytona 500s section in the main article Daytona 500 Royalbroil 01:04, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete, There are no other articles for other Daytona 500s, so why keep an article for one specific race? I brought anything relevant from this poorly edited article into the Daytona 500 article. Royalbroil 04:18, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, reads like a fanboy summary of the event. Royboycrashfan 01:12, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete: if the relevant information is already metioned, a branch off is unnecessary. --Jay(Reply) 01:15, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. I personally cannot stand watching cars drive around in a giant left turn, but this is the biggest race in what is, by some measures, the most popular "sport" in the US. Individual Daytona 500s (and no other NASCAR races) should be included, just like individual Super Bowls, FA Cup Finals, World Cup Finals, World Series, Indy 500s, etc. If the article is in weak shape, it should be expanded and/or cleaned up. The information to expand this article is out there and is likely one OCD NASCAR fan/wikipedian away from being a proper article. youngamerican (talk) 01:20, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, though expand and clean-up so that it can merit its own article --TBC??? ??? ??? 01:24, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • From the article: "Boom!" "He knew it was oveer for him." Nonetheless, Keep and expand per Youngamerican. While the Daytona 500 is not a championship final, it is clearly the most important and most noted event in its form of the sport. In the last two decades, it's become more notable by Wikipedia standards than the Indy 500, the Le Mans 24-hour race, or any Formula One event. Barno 01:52, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep and expand per YA and Barno, but presumably we should edit Boom! The right rear tire blew up. out at some point --Deville (Talk) 02:55, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment: The fact that a tire suffered a blowout, costing Earnhardt (misspelled in the article) the race, was the most publicly discussed fact about the race, making it encyclopedic if the article is kept. "Boom!" and "blew up" are not encyclopedic, and need to be edited in the Daytona 500 article regardless of whether 1990's separate article is kept. Barno 03:08, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
      • Sure, keep the tire blowing up, lose the Boom --Deville (Talk) 05:37, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep and expand, if my opinion counts for anything.Baconpatroller 03:15, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Redirect unless anyone saying expand actually expands it before the end of this vote. Average Earthman 04:10, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep there should be articles for the individual years -- Astrokey44|talk 05:00, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete If the relevant info has already been merged to the main article space, why keep this? Eusebeus 06:34, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep and clean up further. Notable enough sporting event for mine. Capitalistroadster 07:47, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep and expand, notable event imo. --Terence Ong 10:41, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep The Daytona 500 should remain an overview, with specific articles for each race. If not, the main article will become an unwiedly and unpleasant mess, just like the global warming it contributes to. ;-) SoLando (Talk) 13:09, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
    • Aw, hey now. The race cars' exhaust contributes far less to atmospheric change than the exhaust from the fans' cars getting there or the hot air blustered by Darrell Waltrip. Barno 19:15, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Notable enough. Monicasdude 14:36, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. We can cover it in Daytona 500. Recury 15:25, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. There's no consensus criteria for event notability, but surely this shouldn't meet it. -Jcbarr 22:00, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep and expand. The Daytona 500 is the most notable race for Nascar. Sue Anne 22:46, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per youngamerican. ClarkBHM 05:33, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, not notable. incog 23:03, 30 March 2006 (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.