Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Super Ballon d'Or

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The result was keep. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:55, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Super Ballon d'Or

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Redirect to Ballon d'or as a section in the article, article does not meet notability, poorly referenced, highly vandalised — Preceding unsigned comment added by Idiosincrático (talk • contribs) 07:58, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Awards, Football, and France. ––FormalDude (talk) 12:14, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Added more sources. Passes WP:GNG. Obviously there is a lot of interest in the topic (116k pageviews since creation); if vandalism is a problem, request page protection. Content and sources are good and should not be deleted. Merging to Ballon d'Or is a possibility, but that discussion can happen outside of AfD if needed. Cielquiparle (talk) 17:33, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Giant Snowman 18:42, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - clearly meets GNG. A page being vandalised does not make it a candidate for deletion. Giant Snowman 18:43, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep. The sourcing could be better and I don't entirely agree that an award granted once in 34 years should have its own short article instead of being merged to Ballon d'Or. It's a new article so I am under the assumption this will see more content and sourcing. Saucysalsa30 (talk) 00:24, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep passes WP:GNG.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 07:42, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Per above. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 07:55, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Yes, it's passing GNG, but I'm wondering if this is one of those times where the subject might be better covered in the context of a broader article. Given that the award has been given exactly one time, it might make sense to cover this only in the article on the person who received it, rather than having its own page. That's more of a question for a merge discussion, as outright deletion is certainly not warranted, but I don't see the !votes for keeping this as convincing relative to a merge. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 21:34, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Red-tailed hawk The broader context is that there has been massive interest in this exact topic immediately following the conclusion of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. There has been a lot of "speculation" about whether or not France Football will present this award again in the near future, leading to a lot of bad reporting in the media (mostly blogs), but also genuine interest into what (legitimate) information about the award and its history can be confirmed. Wikipedia could choose to bury this information on other pages, or it could provide the facts in an easily findable page. Personally I prefer the latter. Cielquiparle (talk) 21:46, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I mean I don't have a crystal ball, but I'm not sure that blogosphere speculation is the best reason for an article to be made. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 21:48, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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