Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bellator 55
Without commenting on the notability of these articles, I've a few observations.First off, in point of fact, no part of Wikipedia's mission statement, policies or guidelines state that a goal of the site is to serve as a primary web destination for MMA fans to read about purported "top-tier" martial arts events.  Articles are judged as to whether they meet verifiability and notability criteria, not as to whether MMA fans find them useful or whether |Wikipedia serves as a convenient web host.Secondly, I question the blithe claim that "consensus for many years" has existed for the notability of event articles for this organization, which was only founded three years ago.  That being said, even stipulating that this is the "number two MMA promotion" (a claim that Strikeforce would dispute), it is a far, far distant second to the UFC, and its individual events gain no automatic notability.Finally, while they are disliked by many Keep proponents, bundled AfDs are not only permitted by the deletion policy, they are encouraged in such cases.  Osubuckeyeguy's "rule of thumb" that the number of editors participating in a deletion discussion ought to equate to the number of articles being nominated is a curious notion that forms no part of deletion policy, and any admin attempting to rule by it would provide a nice, juicy ground for overturning the decision at DRV
— User:Ravenswing, 16:03, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:NOT (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)