Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Goodfellow Game


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The result was speedy keep. nomination withdrawn  DGG ( talk ) 19:28, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Goodfellow Game

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Technical nomination. Listed by another ed. at CSD as event with no indication of importance, but no admin seems willing to speedy delete. I'm sending to afd in the hope of a decision. My own opinion is that there doesn't seem sufficient 3rd party sources to show it was "one of the state's most prestigious HS football game" except for the blog of a athletic supplies store. But possibly that blog might be reliable for this purpose.  DGG ( talk ) 22:26, 19 November 2015 (UTC)  DGG ( talk ) 22:26, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:05, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:05, 20 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment. The analysis is complicated because none of the Detroit daily newspapers have been digitized during the ears 1938-1967  These are the papers where the game would receive its most extensive coverage.  Detroit in these years was the 4th or 5th largest city in the country (depending on the year) and a major football city, and this was the annual championship game, pitting the city league champion against the Catholic League champion.  The game was played before huge crowds (in the 40,000 persons range) as a charity fundraiser. There is, however, coverage in the wire services of the annual match that was picked up in papers throughout the state.  See, e.g., 1965, 1964, 1963, 1961 - game played before crowd of 37,000, 1960, 1959, 1957, 1953 - crowd of 30,000, 1952 - crowd of ~ 28,000, 1948. Cbl62 (talk) 03:47, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * you're our Michigan expert, so a certain amount of deference is probably in order. My primary concern here is that I expect there is significant WP:ROUTINE post-game coverage of the individual games, but like so many of our so-called college football rivalries, there may be no significant coverage of the "rivalry" (or, in this case, the series).  That said, you spoke too soon: the Detroit Free Press archives (1831–2015) are now online through Newspapers.com ; the downside is that Free Press archives access costs $60 per year.  Cheers.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 04:30, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * This is very exciting news, indeed. I've been waiting for some time for that gap to be filled. I have purchased my one-year subscription and can't wait to start using it! Cbl62 (talk) 06:05, 20 November 2015 (UTC)


 * I am willing to adopt this article and improve it in the days ahead (I've started a little bit already). Would you consider withdrawing this AfD without prejudice?  If you are still convinced it fails GNG after I've worked it over, you would be free to re-nominate? Cbl62 (talk) 17:57, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure. Remember, I said it was a technical nomination to get a decision. I have no commitment to deleting it. If I did, I'd have speedied.  DGG ( talk ) 19:27, 20 November 2015 (UTC)


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