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The result was merge and redirect to 2006 FIFA World Cup controversies. – Avi 05:01, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Although for the most part well written and sourced, this article consists almost entirely of details of things which people thought might happen during the World Cup (still written in the future tense) but actually didn't. Whilst there was some hooliganism, it was no worse than at any other major tournament and could probably be covered in a couple of sentences in the main World Cup article. On the other subjects (trafficking of women, denial of service attacks, etc) there really isn't anything to say from a post-World Cup point of view.... ChrisTheDude 07:31, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related deletions. ChrisTheDude 07:35, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as nominator, natch :-) ChrisTheDude 07:35, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep because, as of oct 2006, the issues are still relevant. --MonkBirdDuke 10:56, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as nom -- MLD · T · C · @:  11:14, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to 2006 FIFA World Cup controversies and possibly due the same with Leeuwenhosen. FrozenPurpleCube 13:39, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as per nom. Current affairs article crystal balling what didn't come to pass. Emeraude 13:54, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge. I agree with Manticore, this article can be merged with the 2006 FIFA World Cup controversies, which is a broader topic. AQu01rius (User | Talk | Websites)  16:55, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Either Delete per what Emeraude said, or if not delete, then merge per FrozenPurpleCube. Andrew Levine 17:14, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I was the one who created this page and moved this information off the main 2006 FIFA World Cup page in the first place. I probably should have just deleted it period.--DaveOinSF 19:10, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's real and valid information, and certainly worth including information about, somewhere. However, it may not be worth a whole article on its own. FrozenPurpleCube 22:56, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, as the main author of 2006 FIFA World Cup controversies, it was more designed for controversies surrounding players (hence all the decisions). Daniel.Bryant 09:38, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'm sure that might have been your intent, but the article title is broad enough that this sort of thing can fit into it. Whether it should or not is an open question, but if you really don't want it to do so, you might want to see about a different name. Me, I'm not sure that the controversies in the article warrant their own seperate one, but that's another matter. FrozenPurpleCube 03:31, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge - This article should be merged with the 2006 FIFA World Cup controversies.--BenWoodruff 17:09, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with the 2006 FIFA World Cup controversies article. Kingjamie 20:44, 29 October 2006 (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.