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The result was delete. j⚛e decker ^talk 01:56, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2013 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game[edit]

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Individual regular season college football kickoff games are not inherently notable per WP:SPORTSEVENT, and such individual CFB games must generally satisfy the general notability guidelines to be suitable for inclusion, and that also means that coverage must exceed WP:ROUTINE post-game coverage of individual games in the series. Preseason kickoff games are not bowl games or playoff games; they are regular season games and merit no special consideration. Furthermore, pursuant to established precedents and the consensus of WP:WikiProject College football, individual regular season games should have some historical significance for a stand-alone article. Articles regarding individual regular season games are disfavored and discouraged; content regarding such individual regular season games should be incorporated into a parent article about the game series (see, e.g., Florida–Georgia football rivalry, Cowboys Classic), or the season articles about the individual teams (see, e.g., 2013 Alabama Crimson Tide football team). For all of these reasons, this single-season game article should be Deleted, ~~and a handful of highlights from this article should be incorporated into a one-paragraph~~ as a handful of highlights from this game are already incorporated into a short summary of the game in the parent article, Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. (Reason copied from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2012 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game) Ahecht (TALK
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I'm curious, why were these not nominated with the others? Also, WP:CONTINUEDCOVERAGE seems like another thing to consider. Grayfell (talk) 23:02, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Grayfell, I did not nominate the last couple because we already had too many CFB AfDs pending. These should go fast with the others CFA Kickoff Games having been already deleted. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:10, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, thanks. That's what I figured, I just wanted to make sure there wasn't something specifically noteworthy about these games that I was missing. If/when these are deleted, Template:Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game should probably also be deleted. Grayfell (talk) 23:43, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Per nominator's rational and logic. Could not have said it better myself. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:10, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Nothing out of the ordinary about this game. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:40, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Jweiss11 (talk) 01:23, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Merge and delete should be avoided, because doing so would violate our licensing agreements. This is covered at WP:MAD. Unscintillating (talk) 02:55, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It is curious to see an article written in future tense a year after the event has occurred. I'm not sure if this is a reason to delete for WP:PROMOTION, or keep for an example of how not to write an encyclopedia. Unscintillating (talk) 02:55, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Generally, single games are not notable, and this one has not been demonstrated to be sufficently notable--GrapedApe (talk) 02:23, 21 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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