Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mythical National Championship


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:47, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Mythical National Championship

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Article has been tagged as needing additional sourcing since June 2007. Slang term or neologism, with no official meaning or designation. Sourcing remains totally inadequate. If, after fifteen months, the article can't be sourced properly, then it should be deleted. Mr. Darcy talk 01:31, 7 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep While most of it is uncited, there are a few citations. G-books finds a lot of print use of this term; it just needs the uncited parts trimmed down. JeremyMcCracken (talk) (contribs) 02:27, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  17:14, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Stifle (talk) 09:00, 12 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, LegoKontribsTalkM 05:04, 17 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. It's an established sportswriting term with over 2000 GNews results. --Dhartung | Talk 06:11, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship, rather than keep. Though the article hints that the term isn't only used for determining the best "major" (Division I-A) college football team, that's what most of the 2,000 ghits refer to.  It's kind of a tired old term that sportwriters sometimes use when they're arguing in favor of playoffs for I-A; sometimes it's called the "unofficial national championship".  It's not entirely mythical or unofficial, because the NCAA official publications do acknowledge a list of champions determined by the wire services.  If this is kept, it should be moved (in other words, title changed) to "Mythical national championship", to conform with the capitalization conventions used in other articles.  Mandsford (talk) 12:55, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd support that merger. Mr. Darcy talk 23:05, 21 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep It's a well-known term describing a well-known topic; as stated on the page's talk page, it's definitely not a neologism. And while it could use more citations, the number has been growing. A merge with NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship would also be a fair compromise, imo, as long as the info is retained. Zeng8r (talk) 02:51, 18 September 2008 (UTC)


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