Deletion of Controversies at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Comment: There is undoubtedly a whole load of stuff in there not much greater that tabloid journalism that can either be ditched or removed to the various nation or event articles, however there are also issues in there worthy of mention that became too long to be included in the main 2012 Summer Olympics article and so came here as a necessary . The type of cleanup needed tends to occur on these articles (at least it did for equivalent Concerns and controversies over the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 & Concerns and controversies over the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 articles) once the Games are over and the media, and everyone else, have calmed down a bit
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Content forking (WP:SPINOFF)

Comment: As a group, it appears clear that controversies at this year's Olympics have received coverage meeting . Deleting the page would probably be less work than managing that madhouse and going through the likely merry-go-round of discussion of what should be included, but that does not mean that deleting the page is the correct action. Semi-protecting the article until the population of upset fans dwindles may help expedite the pruning required for this article to be improved
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: The framing of the topic is inherently negative, contrary to |core policy.  If an issue about this event is significant then it should be in the main article.  If the main article is too full then topics should be split off in a neutral way.  So, for example, the G4S matter is best covered in a neutral article about security arrangements for these games and we actually have one &mdash; Security for the 2012 Summer Olympics.  We should not cover the matter in a ''controversies'' article too because that will, by its nature, bring together other unrelated sub-topics that have been cherry-picked because they have some negative or sensationalist spin.  Note also that we don't ever seem to get counter-balancing articles with a positive spin - articles which cherry-pick praise, success and things which went right.   This further demonstrates the lack of balance and neutrality
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Neutral point of view (WP:NPOV)