Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Republic of Ireland vs France (2010 FIFA World Cup Play-Off)
Another pointless shotgun Afd which shows that Wikipedia is utterly clueless when it comes to properly documenting significant current events, which almost alwasy get an Afd tag slapped on them within minutes. Not a single person here is in any position to judge the historical notability of this game. However, anybody who knows football knows that this was no run of the mill bad decision, or routine news. Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final is certainly no precedent for such a World Cup controversy. It is only the second day and this is already a http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8368100.stm diplomatic incident between France and Ireland, so for people to suggest this is a SNOW delete is frankly astounding, and you have to wonder if anybody here really wants people to write articles at all. If this wrongly gets deleted with such innappropriate haste, please userfy it for me, I'll at least make sure that if it cannot be an article right now, and we have to wait while Wikipedia catches up with what is and isn't significant in the world of football, then at least the hard work of others is |not wasted and can be merged elsewhere
— User:MickMacNee, 18:56, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:PRESERVE (Wikipedia:Editing policy)