Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2012 Summer Olympics national flag bearers

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The result was redirect to 2012 Summer Olympics. Redirecting....why redo all this work in a year and a half? Feel free to delete if you disagree (non-admin closure) CTJF83 chat 04:27, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 Summer Olympics national flag bearers

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Contested prod. Very premature creation of this article. Most flag bearers are not announced until a few days prior to the opening ceremonies (at most), so this list will remain empty or mostly incomplete for many months. Suggest re-creation in early July 2012, when a handful of flag bearers will be known. Major article expansion will take place 24–27 July 2012. But now, in November 2010? Useless. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 17:28, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The nom's correct about the timing of when there would be any content to add. The 2008 Summer Olympics national flag bearers article was created two months before that Olympics, and the earliest mention of who would carry a flag was on May 20, three months before the games [1]. Even the 2010 Winter Olympic article wasn't created until February, weeks before the games. This is somewhat like creating a list of the nominees for president and VP in 2012. Mandsford 17:55, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 18:38, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 18:38, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Good-faith article, but fails WP:CRYSTAL. No reason not to re-create once names of individuals have been confirmed (IE in 2012!) Lugnuts (talk) 18:49, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as a load of balls, albeit whoever has written this is obviously keen and trying hard to help, and a little talk-page encouragement may be in order here. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 18:58, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - clear and obvious per WP:CRYSTAL. ukexpat (talk) 22:37, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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