Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of the Nations (Medieval Tournament)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) —Theo polisme 23:19, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of the Nations (Medieval Tournament)

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This is not a notable tournament--one could consider it spam (look at the links), or part of a walled garden. Either way, it doesn't pass the GNG. Drmies (talk) 02:55, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I put this article up, and it certainly isn't spam, I have nothing to do with the tournament. To say it is not notable I think is curious - it is the only medieval tournament event that has an international attendance from this many countries. The Sacremento Bee article says that *25* Nations had representative teams there...which IMHO would make it the medieval combat sports tournament with the most amount of countries represented (http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/22/5004375/battle-of-the-nations-world-historical.html). In fact, I am not sure there is even a close second.Deathlibrarian (talk) 10:31, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It appears to have been noted by the international news agency Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/22/idUS108406+22-Nov-2012+PRN20121122). I have the dim impression I should have put my 'vote' in here in some other way than 'editing' the page but I only edit on occasion so have never really figure out 'Talk' pages and user IDs.173.79.136.228 (talk) 14:53, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- No, what you did is fine. If you want to add info to the article and thereby improve it, that's fine as well, but there is no requirement to do so; your comments here and the information you linked to will be judged for what they're worth by others, including the closing administrator. By weighing in here, in this discussion, you've met your obligations, so to speak. Drmies (talk) 01:44, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I would probably think it is the only *international* medieval combat tournament. There are other events like Pennsic, that get people from all around the world going, but they are large medieval history *festivals*, rather than tournaments. I have added the Reuters references into the article, thanks (I was a medieval combatant, and armourer, so have an interest in this stuff).Deathlibrarian (talk) 02:12, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- The reference actually isn't a reference: note where it says "* Reuters is not responsible for the content in this press release." It's a press release re-printed by Reuters. Drmies (talk) 01:45, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:13, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:13, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: This is a notable tournament per above. - Ret.Prof (talk) 13:58, 6 December 2012 (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.