Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2025 Rugby League World Cup

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep‎ the content, which does not preclude the alluded to potential split, etc. Star Mississippi 15:12, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2025 Rugby League World Cup

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This is an odd one. This is an article about an event/tournament that will not now take place; it has been cancelled/postponed to the following year, where it will take place in a different country. While there are references, many of them are effectively obsolete - "the event will take place", "France is bidding to become host", etc. I do not believe the article will pass the 10-year-test. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 15:20, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Rugby league-related deletion discussions. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 15:20, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as nom. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 15:21, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 15:23, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 15:23, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 15:23, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: The article is well sourced with significant secondary coverage. The International Rugby League has made it official that the 2026 Rugby League World Cup is a separate event so it wouldn't make any sense from a reader search point of view to move the material on the 2025 page to the 2026 page if people are specifically searching for 2025 information. In addition, there is the possibility that if this information was included on the 2026 page, it may detract from the 2026 page itself. However if the information could be successfully intergrated, I would Support a redirect to a subsection on the 2026 Rugby League World Cup page. Mn1548 (talk) 15:46, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note the Rugby League WikiProject discussion on this issue. Mn1548 (talk) 15:46, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: It looks to pass notability and is generally well sourced. In contrast to the postponement of 2021 event, 2025 can be seen as separate from the 2026 world cup so merging it to the 2026 article does not seem the best option - that article will eventually become much larger and so would likely lead to issues over whether to remove or re-split the 2025 content. EdwardUK (talk) 18:19, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: 2025's World Cup is separate to the 2026 World Cup and has coverage Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 00:57, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: We have articles on constitutional amendments that were never passed, and indeed that came nowhere near as close to happening as this event did. 2026 is different and should stay different. Nwhyte (talk) 09:35, 19 January 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.