Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/19-0: The Historic Championship Season of New England's Unbeatable Patriots (2nd nomination)


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The result was merge to 2007 New England Patriots season . -- RoySmith (talk) 01:26, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

19-0: The Historic Championship Season of New England's Unbeatable Patriots
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What is the point of a page for a book which was never published (or presumably even completed for that matter)? &mdash; DeeJayK (talk) 14:59, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete or Merge to 2007 New England Patriots season - found a few humorous articles like this, but not enough to meet GNG for its own article. It was kept in previous AfD back in 2008, but I think hindsight shows lack of notability. I can see an article about an unpublished book being notable if it had persistent coverage (ie If I Did It - which had an article long before it was eventually published) or reached iconic status, but this never has.  —Мандичка YO 😜 15:19, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Merge and redirect - this is going around in circles. It was redirected to 2007 New England Patriots season, I restored the article after it came up at Rfd (see Redirects for discussion/Log/2015 October 28). This is never going to be more than a stub, but mentions of this book do keep coming up even in the current year (e.g. ), which suggests GNG is satisfied. I'm speculating, but I feel that the particular irony of this title is enhanced by the fact that the 2007 Patriots were (or would have been) among the only teams in history to (almost) achieve a perfect record in the NFL, and the fact that the Giants' win is considered one of the greatest upsets in sports history, so this title will be a lasting part of football lore. Sports is silly sometimes. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 15:36, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * It shouldn't be redirected, it should be merged. Yes, everyone knows about the 15-1 season. The coverage just sort of says the same thing - (book about Patriot's projected perfect season cancelled) and almost fails WP:NOTNEWS, but there's nothing in-depth. The mention in the recent article is just a joke but it's not like it's still getting headlines. It's sort of an ironic footnote to the season, and since it's only a paragraph or so, is fine for the article on the season.  —Мандичка YO 😜 15:53, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree that this aborted book merits mention in the 2007 New England Patriots season article, but I simply don't see the need for a stub article on a non-published book of which we know little more than the proposed topic (drawn from the title) and a cover image. &mdash; DeeJayK (talk) 15:59, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Well I'm fine with that treatment too. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 16:07, 10 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Merge and weak redirect – I agree with the previous bit of discussion. It's notable content, but the book's near-existence and cancellation can be described in two sentences and when that's the case it's better to put it in the parent article. I think I'm only baulking at the redirect because the book has such a pompous name, but I couldn't give a strong reason for not redirecting the the appropriate section of the season article. Aspirex (talk) 06:30, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
 * While I completely agree with you re: the pomposity of title of this proposed book, as long as it appears to be the correct proposed title I don't see why the page shouldn't be maintained as a redirect. &mdash; DeeJayK (talk) 16:52, 12 November 2015 (UTC)


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