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The result was nomination withdrawn. Closing over outstanding delete !vote per WP:IAR. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:14, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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OK, so if the 2014 game doesn't get an article, why should this one? -happy 5214 09:04, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment- With a brief nod to WP:CRYSTAL, the 2011, 2012, and 2013 articles do exist; planning for major sporting events has notability and coverage in various independendent third-party reliable sources long before they occur, with the 2028 Summer Olympics being the furthest sourced example ready at hand. If there was a 2014 article, it was not deleted through an AfD, and creation and sourcing are likely only a matter of an interested editor's priorities. MLB.com isn't independendent, but it is certainly reliable about venue coverage. Dru of Id (talk) 09:26, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and/or redirect to Major League Baseball All-Star Game as 2014 does. It does not appear a host has been announced yet; therefore, there is little to report on other than random speculation on the host, which runs afoul of WP:CRYSTAL. Note that similar events like the NBA All-Star Game and the Super Bowl do not have articles for future games with no announced site. BryanG (talk) 19:36, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:34, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This is a future event that will take place. As long as there's a source on it, I don't see why it should be deleted. If there's a source for the 2014 game, I don't see a problem with it having an article, either. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:37, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment I found some sources for the 2014 game and restored the article, which had been turned into a redirect. This renders the reason for deletion, which sounds like a variant of WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, moot. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:49, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep WP:NOTCRYSTAL allows that "Individual scheduled or expected future events should only be included if the event is notable and almost certain to take place." The All-Star game is almost certain to take place as it is an annual event. Also there are reliable sources about the planning of the event, one of which is in the article. Arguing deletion of this article because an article does not yet exist for the year before, 2014, should be avoided per WP:OTHERSTUFFDOESNTEXIST. The 2014 article might not exist because nobody had an interested in starting it yet, or in the extreme case no reliable sources exists for 2014 but have been found for 2015. I encourage consideration of this article on its own merits. —Bagumba (talk) 19:28, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw Per Muboshgu and Bagumba. In all fairness, despite being a user for over four years, this is my first AfD, and I was completely unaware of WP:OTHERSTUFFDOESNTEXIST. As my point is moot, I recommend closing this discussion. -happy 5214 09:46, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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