Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2014 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff


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The result was   delete. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:28, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

2014 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff

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The single source (a press release) fails to establish any significance of this routine game per WP:SPORTSEVENT. Everything here that's worth including can be (and already is) mentioned in Texas Kickoff. Grayfell (talk) 22:50, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep: The Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game has an individual article for each game so the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff should also have an individual article for each game. Michiganwolverines2014 (talk) 22:06 7 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Please see WP:OTHERSTUFF. Why is this article worth keeping? Grayfell (talk) 23:19, 7 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete There is nothing notable about this game other than WP:ROUTINE coverage. — X96lee15 (talk) 23:06, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:12, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:12, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete - Non-notable regular season college football game. Individual regular season CFB kickoff games are not inherently notable per WP:SPORTSEVENT, and such individual CFB games must satisfy the general notability guidelines to be suitable for inclusion, and that also means that coverage must exceed WP:ROUTINE post-game coverage of individual games in the series.  Preseason kickoff games are not bowl games or playoff games; they are regular season games and merit no special consideration.  Furthermore, pursuant to established precedents and the consensus of WP:WikiProject College football, individual regular season games should of some historical significance for a stand-alone article.  Articles regarding individual regular season games are disfavored and discourged; content regarding such individual regular season games should be incorporated into a parent article about the game series (see, e.g., Florida–Georgia football rivalry, Cowboys Classic), or the season articles about the individual teams (see, e.g., 2013 Alabama Crimson Tide football team).  For all of these reasons, this single-game article should be Deleted, and a handful of highlights from this article should be incorporated into a one-paragraph summary of the game in the parent article, Texas Kickoff.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:49, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Jweiss11 (talk) 04:14, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Really? Wisconsin vs LSU got "routine" coverage?  Clearly passes WP:GNG with flaming colors.--Paul McDonald (talk) 04:19, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
 * There are now two sources, one is a press release of no value, and the other is a recap from ESPN. ESPN publishes recaps of similar length and depth for pretty much every college game. The coverage does not in any way indicate this event is notable. Grayfell (talk) 05:32, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Grayfell, I'm sure that several 500 to 1,000-word post-game recaps of this game can be found on ESPN, etc. Most of them will be based on the AP wire recap article that is written for most Division I games.  Nevertheless, that is typical coverage for Division I college football games and constitutes the very definition of WP:ROUTINE coverage for Division I college football.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 06:37, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Two references in the article is not the same as two references exist. If we stuff the article with sources, that would lead to other issues.  This game got loads of coverage.--Paul McDonald (talk) 10:34, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
 * There is a lot more at play here than the number of references. Please see below.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:10, 9 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment - Here's a reading list of the applicable notability guidelines for interested editors:
 * 1. WP:GNG: "significant coverage in reliable sources creates an assumption, not a guarantee, that a subject should be included.  A more in-depth discussion might conclude that the topic actually should not have a stand-alone article".
 * 2. WP:NSPORTS/WP:SPORTSEVENT: "Regular season games in professional and college leagues are not inherently notable."  Further, "A game that is widely considered by independent reliable sources to be notable, outside routine coverage of each game, especially if the game received front page coverage outside of the local areas involved (e.g. Pacers–Pistons brawl, 2009 Republic of Ireland vs France football matches, or the Blood in the Water match)."
 * 3. WP:ROUTINE: "Routine events such as sports matches, film premieres, press conferences etc. may be better covered as part of another article, if at all."
 * 4. WP:NOTNEWS: "Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of persons and events.  While news coverage can be useful source material for encyclopedic topics, most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion.  For example, routine news reporting on things like announcements, sports, or celebrities is not a sufficient basis for inclusion in the encyclopedia."
 * 5. WP:Notability (events)/WP:CONTINUEDCOVERAGE: "Although notability is not temporary, meaning that coverage does not need to be ongoing for notability to be established, a burst or spike of news reports does not automatically make an incident notable. Events that are only covered in sources published during or immediately after an event, without further analysis or discussion, are likely not suitable for an encyclopedia article." (Credit User:Bagumba for point No. 5; I learned something new today.)  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:10, 9 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete as WP:ROUTINE; this particular individual game is not noteworthy in itself for a separate article. Jrcla2 (talk) 13:28, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. Just a routine game, one of hundreds played each year in college football.  Nothing that makes this one stand out as being historical. Resolute 14:31, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Move to combine 17 games are presently under WP:AFD and responses are being cut and pasted. These topics should be combined before further discussion and certainly before closing the issue.--Paul McDonald (talk) 14:34, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - I object to the proposal, however well intended, to combine this AfD and any others pending as procedurally out of order. The AfD nominator has that choice in the first instance, when he files the AfD.  Only rarely does it make sense to propose a bundled multi-article AfD.  Invariably, the fairest way is to to nominate articles individually, and to judge each and every individual article on its individual merits, and that is the normal AfD procedure.  Moreover, many of these articles have nothing in common except for the fact that their subjects are all regular season college football games.  As I have said before, multi-article AfDs often lead to no-consensus outcomes because AfD discussion participants desire different outcomes for different articles included, and the AfD discussion becomes hopelessly muddled when it includes multiple articles.  Furthermore, the stated position of the "keep" !votes is that these are articles are individually notable and individually suitable for inclusion; demanding a mass AfD for 16 different game articles is logically incoherent with that position.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 19:56, 9 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete per Dirtlawyer1 with a particular emphasis on WP:ROUTINE and incorporate content to Texas Kickoff and/or the specific 2014 LSU/Wisconsin season articles where applicable. Patriarca12 (talk) 00:07, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.