Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2016 Hampden–Sydney Tigers football team


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The result was redirect to List of Hampden–Sydney Tigers football seasons. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 01:15, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

2016 Hampden–Sydney Tigers football team

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NSEASONS. This is an article about a Division III football season where the team was not ranked in the Top 25 in that division and closed with a losing record of 3-7. While considerable effort has been put into the article, the sourcing is not independent and does contribute toward the GNG analysis. Cbl62 (talk) 22:47, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. Cbl62 (talk) 22:50, 9 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Redirect to List of Hampden–Sydney Tigers football seasons, where the final season record and some stuff like that is given. I found some local coverage from the Richmond area, but nothing that would pass the normal bar for D3 seasons.  Seems to have mostly just gotten local attention. Hog Farm Bacon 23:03, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
 * One concern I have with redirecting is that it leaves a blue link in Template:Hampden–Sydney Tigers football navbox, creating the impression that an article exists, and likely encouraging an ambitious editor to fill in the remaining redlinks. Also, it makes it too easy for someone to recreate the article since the full text remains in the history. We simply should not have articles for ordinary DIII seasons (or in this case less than ordinary), and the appropriate result IMO remains deletion. Cbl62 (talk) 19:20, 11 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Redirect to List of Hampden–Sydney Tigers football seasons, per Hog Farm. If any future articles appear, those articles can be redirected, too. Ejgreen77 (talk) 05:11, 13 November 2020 (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.