Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grand Prix Arizona

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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 was Keep. Carlossuarez46 00:13, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Grand Prix Arizona

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Race was never run and has now been canceled as of 8/28 by the promoters and Champ Car. No previous runnings of this event exist as this was to have been the innagural year. See: link JohnnyBGood t c VIVA! 18:31, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

  • I'm not entirely sure where I stand on this. The fact that the event was cancelled in spite of local government support and a lot of lead-up work may be in itself notable. It certainly seems to pass notability standards as there are adequate reliable sources regarding this event, but as you state, it never happened. I'm going to err on the side of caution and say weak keep due its notability even as a non-event. ɑʀкʏɑɴ 18:37, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. It's nicely written and we cant know about the future. —Preceding unsigned comment added by M.V.E.i. (talk • contribs) 18:41, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. An inaugural fully planned out major sporting event cancelled in the middle of the season seems extremely notable. Smashville 19:05, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Note - I've rewritten the article to take care of a lot of copy-and-paste material as well as source some of the statements. ɑʀкʏɑɴ 19:22, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Some things are notable even if they don't happen, some things are even more notable for not happening. This might be one of the latter. FrozenPurpleCube 19:29, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, I agree, some things are notable even for not happening, and this is one of them. Passes WP:RS. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?) 20:35, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep, other defunct motorsport venues have articles, and as M.V.E.i. stated, we cannot foresee the future. --Aika 21:49, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
  • True defunct venues have articles, but this isn't a defunct venue. It was never a venue to begin with. You have to run a race somewhere before it can become defunct. JohnnyBGood t c VIVA! 21:58, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
It may never have happened, but the mere anticipation of it happening makes for a case of notability on its own. FrozenPurpleCube 00:58, 30 August 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.