Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale

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. MBisanz ^talk 07:24, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale

Page should be merged into The Ultimate Fighter 5. We don't need a separate article covering just the finale. Anti venin 17:14, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. Definitely no point in another article. Beach drifter (talk) 17:46, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. —94.196.67.124 (talk) 17:55, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Article creation was discussed here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mixed martial arts#The Ultimate Fighter Finales. The finales are first and foremost their own MMA event, and are worthy of their own articles outside of the articles describing the rest of the series. --Drr-darkomen (talk) 16:37, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: If you're going to merge/delete this article, you may as well do the same with The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale, The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale, The Ultimate Fighter 3 Finale, The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale, and The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs Team Serra Finale. Matt (talk) 08:46, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I created all of these articles as a result of the discussion I noted above. I will hold off on the remaining three until a decision is made, however I still would like to stress that the articles should be kept for a couple reasons. The UFC website categorizes the finales as a mma event: http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.eventResults, not just part of the series. Also, many television series on Wikipedia have a separate article for each episode. --Drr-darkomen (talk) 14:10, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 00:04, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The TUF finales are as deserving of their own articles as any other UFC event. A few weeks ago, I was wondering myself why they didn't have their own articles, as the links on the MMA record boxes of the fighters who fought in the finale would lead to an article about an entire season of a show that they had nothing to do with. I was glad and supportive when Drr-darkomen took the initiative to make the articles. Rather than just being a finale for a show, these events were fully sanctioned MMA events that happened to feature the finalists, among other fights. --jhanCRUSH 01:00, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep When the proposal was first made on the MMA Project discussion page I wasn't convinced it was worth separating them. However, a comment made above convinced me. There are participants in the Finale that are not part of the regular season. Linking these participants on their page (and their record boxes) to the TV series' season page may be confusing, even if linked to the bottom of the season's page to just the finale. Having a separate article for the finale can also be potentially beneficial to discuss issues with the finale card itself that does not include the season's participants (as is happening with the season 9 finale and a match that on-and-off). --TreyGeek (talk) 02:13, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, they are events that happens to be related to the series. If it was only fighters from the series it woudl make sence but their are fight that have no link to the rest.--Nate 14 81 21:39, 20 March 2009 (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.