Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2018 College Football Playoff National Championship


 * 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 keep. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 03:49, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

2018 College Football Playoff National Championship

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Structure article waiting for American football results, that is better waiting in userdraft somewhere. Final is played in Jan 8th, 2018. Fails WP:NOT, specifically WP:BALL. scope_creep (talk) 12:31, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 12:32, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 12:32, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 12:32, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 12:32, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Don't Delete this Article It needs to Stay.2600:8803:7A00:19:7113:2C0E:EF33:37A2 (talk) 13:40, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * This Article Needs to stay it need's to be part of it. 2600:8803:7A00:19:7113:2C0E:EF33:37A2 (talk) 13:53, 10 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment I think having it sitting there, for an event that is so far in the future, isn't something Wikipedia needs. Move it to a draft location with your userspace, and bring it out in a years time when the event starts. scope_creep (talk) 13:55, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * What Does Move It to a draft location mean. 2600:8803:7A00:19:7113:2C0E:EF33:37A2 (talk) 13:57, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * It Does not need to move to a draft space it is fine as it is. 2600:8803:7A00:19:7113:2C0E:EF33:37A2 (talk) 14:08, 10 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment This Afd has to stay open for 7 days. So it's not being deleted yet, if at all. This is only my suggestion. Userspace is the space setup under account, which is here: User talk:2600:8803:7A00:19:7113:2C0E:EF33:37A2. You don't need to move it yet, or even at all. The Afd consensus might decide that it doesn't need removed. Apart from that, it was an excellent article. scope_creep (talk) 14:28, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much I hope this article stays and god willing that it will because Monday Is MLK Day and I hope this article stays. 2600:8803:7A00:19:7113:2C0E:EF33:37A2 (talk) 14:31, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * That is a excellent article is right and I hope this article stays Because I Put in a reference and it should stay. 2600:8803:7A00:19:7113:2C0E:EF33:37A2 (talk) 14:40, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Save This Article it needs to stay. 2600:8803:7A00:19:7113:2C0E:EF33:37A2 (talk) 15:25, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Please save this article from Being Deleted. 2600:8803:7A00:19:7113:2C0E:EF33:37A2 (talk) 18:14, 10 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep It's not violating WP:CRYSTAL to say that the 2018 College Football National Championship will be held at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on January 8, 2018. It's a scheduled event. Per WP:CRYSTAL, "Individual scheduled or expected future events should be included only if the event is notable and almost certain to take place." There's no reason to think we won't still have college football in a year. That said, we definitely don't need the "Starting lineup" section when we won't know who's appearing in this game for another 51 weeks. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:27, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I Hope This article is not deleted I hope you save it. 2600:8803:7A00:19:7113:2C0E:EF33:37A2 (talk) 19:40, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

INFO This may be of interest: Articles for deletion/2015 College Football Championship Game--Paul McDonald (talk) 20:55, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep per Muboshgu. WP:BALL actually supports the existence of this article. ansh 666 19:49, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep a lot is known about the event now and even though the event itself is almost a year off, there is more than enough third party coverage to surpass the general notability guideline. We went through this a few years back and consensus was to keep articles about this championship one year in advance to help editors add new information as it comes available.--Paul McDonald (talk) 20:51, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Incubate. I can't really determine, with my limited knowledge of American football, whether the notability of this event is supported by the (in my opinion limited) existing in-depth coverage. It feels like it's too early for an Article (in the spirit of WP:TOOSOON), and I'm not sure the existing reliable sources provide enough coverage to suggest notability at this time (per WP:BALL). I don't believe it needs to be deleted, however. I'm sure it's fine to move it to User of Draft space, until such time as more sources become available to support notability.-- talk2Chun  (talk) (contributions) 20:58, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I Hope we don't have to wait until Spring till the bowl schedule comes out by then please save this article. 2600:8803:7A00:19:7113:2C0E:EF33:37A2 (talk) 21:40, 10 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep per prior AfD precedent in this identical deletion debate from 2014. Ejgreen77 (talk) 00:34, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
 * That is well out of date Ejgreen77. The precedent is from August, September last year, they get parked until close to the event. That why I nominated it. It's not the point that people talk about in a manner of a future event that makes for good reference. Everybody does that. It is human nature to discuss the next election, the next prime minister, the next world series. The point is, there is no real encyclopedic content within this article, the actuality that people come to look for. All it is, is structure, a framework.  scope_creep (talk) 00:45, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
 * "The precedent is from August, September last year." Diffs for this, please? Keep in mind that we have articles for the World Cup as far away as 2026, and the Olympics as far away as 2028. This event is less than a calendar year away. Ejgreen77 (talk) 01:04, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment I'd really like to have a reference for this particular "precedent" as well. I check college football related AFDs almost daily, I have no recollection of such a discussion.  I've been wrong before, please provide a link.--Paul McDonald (talk) 18:45, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Please Don't Delete This Please Keep it. 2600:8803:7A00:19:7113:2C0E:EF33:37A2 (talk) 02:30, 11 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep. As per Muboshgu, Paul McDonald, and WP:CRYSTAL, our precedent is to permit an article for the next upcoming in a series of recurring events. So, after Clemson's win last night in the 2017 game, this article for 2018 is now ripe. --Arxiloxos (talk) 06:27, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
 * What Do you Mean Category is ripe But I Don't want this Category to go and be deleted. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 17:41, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Save this Article please don't redrecit or delete it save it. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 14:23, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Please don't delete this article or redirect I hope this article is here by Tuesday. 2600:8803:7A00:19:87C:38CC:BD10:84CB (talk) 23:44, 13 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep based on page histories of other championship games (which were each expanded into articles around the same time this was). — MRD2014 (talk • contribs) 14:59, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep I don't see any benefit in deleting this article, nor do I see a policy-based reason for doing so. Lepricavark (talk) 16:20, 14 January 2017 (UTC)


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