Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1996 South African Figure Skating Championships

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The result was redirect‎ to South African Figure Skating Championships. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:16, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1996 South African Figure Skating Championships

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Non-notable figure skating competition. Recommend deletion or redirect to South African Figure Skating Championships. I will attach all subsequent competitions in this series shortly. Bgsu98 (Talk) 21:44, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sports, Skating, and South Africa. Bgsu98 (Talk) 21:44, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Here is my problem with these stand-alone articles. All four disciplines are often not contested. There are often not enough competitors to award a bronze medal, and in some cases, even a silver medal. Many of these competitions featured no more than two or three participants. And most of the competitors who are listed are redlinked or unlinked (ie. themselves not notable). The competition results and scores are included (or should be included) on a skaters' individual article. The medal results are included on the parent article (in this case, South African Figure Skating Championships). But these nations with small national championships are just not worth trying to maintain individual articles for each competition. Bgsu98 (Talk) 21:49, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect all Not understanding why the nom could've just done this instead of having these articles stuck for a week in limbo outside of airing grievances about tropical nations having figure skating competitions despite not being in a position to medal in the worlds/Olympics. Nate • (chatter) 23:40, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please see the rigamarole at AFD:2001–02 Swedish Figure Skating Championships, where I had tried to do just that, based on past precedence, and still got my ass handed to me and accused of trying to be "sneaky". Bgsu98 (Talk) 23:43, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:18, 25 December 2024 (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.