Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1896 Indiana State Sycamores football team


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The result was redirect‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to Indiana State Normal football, 1896–1898 now that it exists. Star  Mississippi  13:31, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

1896 Indiana State Sycamores football team

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Unable to see how this could meet the WP:NSEASONS. A one game season against a local high school, with the game result unknown, does not scream notability, despite it being the first football game for the school, due to the seeming lack of GNG coverage. Open to a WP:ATD but not sure what would make sense here. Let&#39;srun (talk) 12:26, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sports, American football,  and Indiana. Let&#39;srun (talk) 12:26, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. A single game against the local high school boys is neither "college football", nor is it a "season". A "merger" with the 1897 and 1898 seasons isn't viable at this time, because those articles are unsourced messes as well (with no results even reported in the 1897 article). If and when someone cares enough to research and properly source a combined article, that may make sense, but as things stand, "delete" is the only viable solution. Cbl62 (talk) 23:38, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge/redirect to Indiana State Normal football, 1896–1898 a la similar action for Delaware State Hornets football, 1924–1929, Temple Owls football, 1894–1899, and Henry Kendall Orange and Black football, 1895–1899. Jweiss11 (talk) 23:51, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose merge as things stand. All three years have articles that are essentially unsourced. WP:NSEASONS does not mean that three unsourced articles can be "grouped" and suddenly be acceptable. Also, merger isn't something the closer can do without the target existing. Accordingly, merger isn't viable here unless someone creates that target article and includes enough sourcing to get it over the WP:GNG. Cbl62 (talk) 23:59, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * , I've created Indiana State Normal football, 1896–1898. The Sycamores fight name doesn't appear to have been introduced until the 1920s. Jweiss11 (talk) 01:15, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect per WP:NSEASONS to Indiana State Normal football, 1896–1898 as an appropriate redirect target has now been created with adequate sourcing. Cbl62 (talk) 02:51, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I support a redirect to the target article now as well. Let&#39;srun (talk) 03:01, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Note that I have redirected 1897 Indiana State Sycamores football team and 1898 Indiana State Sycamores football team to Indiana State Normal football, 1896–1898. Jweiss11 (talk) 18:44, 28 December 2023 (UTC)


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