Talk:List of largest Smash tournaments

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I'm no pro with the wiki code and can't find a way to edit the grid to make it changeable so it's possible to look at each parameter individually. Like this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_running_events —Preceding unsigned comment added by PFFP (talk • contribs) 20:33, June 24, 2015‎ (CDT)

Why I desagree with this page's deletion

With the recent increase in numbers for Melee since 2013 and with Smash 4 release, many tournament pages are adding entrance records for each game. This page could serve as main reference for fact checking those records while keeping track of overall growth of the scene across many events.

I do agree some of the records are hard to keep track, or maybe are not even needed, like "largest Super Smash Bros. for 3DS tournaments", but still, I think at least Melee and Smash 4 deserve this treatment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by PFFP (talk • contribs) 21:14, June 24, 2015‎ (CDT)

First of all, sign with four tildes, not three. Four adds a timestamp, which is necessary so we can tell when a post is made.

Second of all, new posts go on the bottom.

Now for my thought on the deletion. I don't think we need this page. Even with accurate information, so many tournaments go on that add to the volatility of the information. Berrenta (talk) 23:36, 24 June 2015 (EDT)

I think the hard part is the initial survey of the current top 10 largest tournaments for each game. I just saw an edit who said "There have been SEVERAL other large tournaments in Japan and USA" while deleting the content instead of just updating, while I was checking for data already inside the smash wiki. After the preliminary data the next step would be fact checking.

Again, this is all the initial hard part. After the current top 10 are set, it's all a matter of occasionally updating the page with the current entrance numbers. It's not like will have 5 record breaking tournaments in less than 6 months. EVO 2015 will break the overall record next week, but after that there's nothing until 2016.

This page could help keep track of tournament records and overall growth of the scene. Cut it to make smaller, but why throw away data? PFFP (talk) 23:48, 24 June 2015 (EDT)

I think the problem is that it's too much of a hassle trying to find out exact entrance numbers for every tournament with how many tournaments there are nowadays. The main reason I removed the Smash 4 section was because the game is not even a year old at this point, and there are way too many tournaments to keep track of; as for Melee and to an extent, Brawl (even though it's not played as much as before), the history of their tournament scenes is much more established in comparison. Also, you say there's nothing until 2016, but The Big House 5 will almost certainly break records in both Melee and Smash 4, seeing as how the tournament series has grown bigger every year in every game they host there. On top of that, Super Smash Con and SKTAR 4 may potentially make it on as well for Melee, and very likely will for Smash 4. PokemonMasterJamal3 (talk) 00:21, 25 June 2015 (EDT)