Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1862–63 in English football


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The result was redirect to 1860s in association football. Fenix down (talk) 09:38, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

1862–63 in English football

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Empty page with little potential for development and we already have 1860s in association football which is more than sufficient for providing coverage of the sport in these early times. The same applies to each of the following and I propose that all are either deleted or redirected to the decade survey:

A couple of lines have been added to one or two of those but they are straight copies from 1860s in association football and the duplication is pointless. No Great Shaker (talk) 13:55, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

I would add that there was no competitive football in England until 1871–72 so I think these articles also fail the notability criteria. This is similar to failing WP:NSEASONS except that the articles are generic and not about specific clubs. No Great Shaker (talk) 14:09, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. No Great Shaker (talk) 14:18, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

As the creator of these pages, I don't have an overriding objection if other editors want to delete them. There is a lot of interesting and verifiable content that can be added about English football in that decade. I'm trying to add information gradually, but maybe I jumped the gun here. Grover cleveland (talk) 16:12, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect all to 1860s in association football, with no prejudice against recreation with significant content. buidhe 08:18, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect all to 1860s in association football. No need for empty articles, especially when a decade overview will do nicely. Captain Eek  Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 04:06, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment. I agree it would make sense to redirect so I made a change to my nomination above. No Great Shaker (talk) 09:40, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 12:40, 4 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Redirect as above, sensible suggestion. GiantSnowman 12:43, 4 January 2020 (UTC)


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