Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1884 DePauw football team


 * 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 merge‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to DePauw football, 1884–1889. Liz Read! Talk! 01:07, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

1884 DePauw football team

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After a review of the sources in this article, I'm not convinced this team meets the WP:GNG or WP:NSEASONS, despite having the claim of playing in the first football game in Indiana. The only source is from the team website, which is primary. A check of newspaper archives didn't come up with much better, with only a single sentence of coverage found at []. Let&#39;srun (talk) 01:05, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: American football and Indiana. Let&#39;srun (talk) 01:05, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. North America1000 15:12, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I've added a bit. The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis is borderline SIGCOV with a full paragraph on the topic. Cbl62 (talk) 16:29, 29 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Merge to DePauw football, 1884–1889. Jweiss11 (talk) 16:52, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * A closer can't redirect to a non-existent target. Cbl62 (talk) 19:59, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * DePauw football, 1884–1889 has been created. Jweiss11 (talk) 21:35, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm not convinced that the target meets GNG or NSEASONS, but if others find the sourcing to be acceptable I suppose a redirect would suffice. Let&#39;srun (talk) 21:44, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * If need be, the scope could be expanded to cover the 1890s as well. Jweiss11 (talk) 22:06, 30 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Merge per above. There's not a lot of information here, it may have been reported on at the time, and it's in our interest to maintain a complete set of the information somewhere. SportingFlyer  T · C  17:35, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
 * What information here isn't already included in that article? If anything, this should be either redirected or deleted, but I don't see any basis for a merge now. Let&#39;srun (talk) 17:56, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Merges don't often occur before the AfD is closed. Still the correct result, and this can be redirected there by the closer. SportingFlyer  T · C  20:47, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
 * But the info included in this article has already been merged in the article Jweiss11 made, so that doesn't apply in this case. Let&#39;srun (talk) 20:51, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm still viewing my vote as "the information should be retained via a merge" even though it has been already than a "it's been merged so we can redirect there," merge usually implies redirect with some or all information brought over to the new page. SportingFlyer  T · C  17:02, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment the newly-created DePauw football, 1884–1889 may still not be significant enough to warrant its own article and may need to expand its scope, but I guess for now redirecting this article to that one is the best outcome for this AfD. A discussion about the new article may result in further expanding that range of years. Eagles 24/7 (C)  15:34, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Merge to DePauw football, 1884–1889. Jweiss11's creation is a good first step, though I also agree with User:Eagles247 and suggest extending to 1899 which would covers the 19th century, bring it up to about 60 games, and provide greater certainey that there is enough SIGCOV to satisfy GNG. Cbl62 (talk) 17:32, 3 July 2024 (UTC)


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