Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Free kick (American football)


 * 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 of the debate was Redirect. Jaranda wat's sup 00:42, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Free kick (American football)
Should be a redirect to Safety (football). This is probably an unexpandable stub. Mwalcoff 02:49, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I agree it should redirect as suggested. This doesn't require a delete: just place a redirect on the page and merge any relevant info into the safety article. --Daveb 04:02, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment I assume a Free Kick in American Football (about which I know next to nothing) is a different thing to a Free Kick in English Football, so on that basis, the article seems (potentially) valuable to me Jcuk 23:21, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The problem is that free kicks are rather rare and simple events; they only occur after safeties, and everything you need to know is already at the safety (football) article. (Technically, kickoffs are free kicks too, but no one calls them that.) There's really no more than a paragraph that can be written about them. Am I really allowed to replace an article with a redirect without going through AFD? -- Mwalcoff 00:14, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Yep. It's essentially a merge and redirect decision, which is not handled centrally. If people protest, RfC is the best place. Sam Vimes 22:11, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - too narrow as described best by Mwalcoff. This is not a dictionary. Madman 22:09, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy redirect not an AfD decision. Sam Vimes 22:11, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Sam Vimes. Stifle 01:59, 29 December 2005 (UTC)


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