Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Pick (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 was delete. Kurykh (talk) 05:33, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

The Pick (American football)

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

Appears to be a neologism. The article was created a few days after Super Bowl XLIX was played back in February 2015. The only citation, a video posted at NFL.com, does not explicitly use the term. A google search of The Pick Super Bowl XLIX also does not yield any results that explicitly use the term. And the page is currently orphaned. Zzyzx11 (talk) 04:26, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete It would take outstanding coverage in a wide variety of reliable sources and coverage over time to convince me that a single play in an American football game is notable. Clearly, this play should be mentioned in the article about the Super Bowl game. I see no evidence of independent notability. Cullen328   Let's discuss it  05:21, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not separately notable and no substantial evidence that this generic name has become widely associated with the play, so a redirect is not warranted either. --Arxiloxos (talk) 07:10, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Never called that. ("Dumbest play call in Superbowl history", sure, but not "The Pick".) Clarityfiend (talk) 09:09, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually, there's a good chance that this play could qualify as notable. It generated a ton of discussion and I suspect plenty of sources are out there. For instance:, , , , , , , , . That being said, I've never heard the play referred to as 'The Pick'. Lepricavark (talk) 16:49, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. Lepricavark (talk) 16:50, 8 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete no indication that the article is titled correctly, and since the article is basically based on that title I'm not seeing it. Information can be included in the game article easily.  Lots of games have "game-winning interceptions" and there is no reason to believe that this one is "The Pick" for all time.--Paul McDonald (talk) 03:25, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment If the sources provided by satisfy WP:GNG, then this page should be kept and the title can be discussed somewhere else. That's not an AfD issue. I'd have to review them more to determine whether that is the case, but if we delete this page, it should be because it's not notable, not because the title is questionable. Smartyllama (talk) 17:02, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep After reviewing the sources above, providing sustaining coverage over at least two years, I'm inclined to say this satisfies WP:GNG. I share others' concerns about the title, but that's not an AfD issue. Smartyllama (talk) 17:04, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - The play was notable but is appropriately addressed within the article of the game of which it was a component. There is no basis for having an article about this play entitled "The Pick." 17:07, 14 February 2017 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.