Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bacon Bowl


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 20:14, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Bacon Bowl

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Non-notable event; minimal non-trivial, reliable source coverage. Oo7565 (talk) 18:10, 10 September 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:09, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:40, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:41, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep (can't believe I'm saying this one). Has a good amount of coverage in reliable sources, at least 10 years of history through that coverage, and appears to draw a relatively large number of people and funds.  It might be silly to us, but "silly" is not a reason to delete.--Paul McDonald (talk) 14:43, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Unsourced, and the event apparently no longer exists. There is not a single Reliable Source given at the article; in fact the only reference listed there is a dead link, and so is the "official website" external link. Some coverage is found at Google news, including this, which reports that the event was discontinued in 2006, due to "declining revenue, injury concerns and difficulty finding players." --MelanieN (talk) 15:05, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep: Notability is permanent, so the fact that they no longer exist isn't relevant. I think the newspaper articles (recuring from year to year) are sufficient to establish notability, though others may disagree in good faith. Buddy431 (talk)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep Google News Archive shows 43 references, many of which have extensive coverage of the event. I added some of these refs to the article, along with info about the end of the series and some criticisms of the high expenses and low payout ratio after telemarketing expenses, stadium rental, etc. Notability is permanent. I provided links via Wayback Machine internet archive to the official website, even though it is no longer on the web. Edison (talk) 18:46, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm changing my earlier delete vote to a Keep, based on the rewrite and sourcing by Edison. Nice work, especially retrieving the old website. --MelanieN (talk) 04:04, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
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