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The result was merge to Michigan Wolverines football. Courcelles 21:47, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of historically significant Michigan Wolverines football games[edit]

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Not appropriate for inclusion in Wikipedia. Possibly suitable for another wiki. Fails to meet WP:LISTN. Paul McDonald (talk) 17:50, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I dunno, there seem to be a lot of sources documenting some of these games. On the other hand, though, who picks which games to list? There seem to be flaws, clearly, but I'm not convinced that this isn't salvageable. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 17:54, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. Paul McDonald (talk) 17:55, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Paul McDonald (talk) 17:56, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Would compiling a list like this count as WP:OR? Also don't like the title- "Historically significant..." is a bit strong. The Battle of Leipzig was historically significant.Tigerboy1966 (talk) 19:29, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Subjective and compiled based on original research. Eagles 24/7 (C) 19:43, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I think it's the subjective nature of this list that moves it into WP:OR. It's a bit like having an article titled List of Shakespeare's Best Plays. Nwlaw63 (talk) 19:49, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I think that technically this should be a delete, but I hate to do that when so much work has gone into an article. I have noticed that the article Michigan Wolverines football has some big gaps in the history section and a lot of the material here could be used there, so some kind of merge might be possible. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 21:30, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I thought this article might be a can of worms when it cropped up about a week ago. I agree with Tigerboy1966 that much of the content here could be repurposed in prose form for the history section of Michigan Wolverines football. Jweiss11 (talk) 18:55, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Clarityfiend below. The second North American qualifying round of the 1970 FIFA World Cup had an "historically significant" football game. None of those in this list really are. LoveUxoxo (talk) 21:01, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Michigan Wolverines football#History, which looks a trifle bare. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:31, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, causa sui (talk) 18:18, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RELISTINGISEVIL we have a consensus here, seriously.--Paul McDonald (talk) 19:56, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

delete This is the "collectable plates" interpretation of notability. Just because it is possible to assemble a set of sources that support_(sic) an article, it's no reason to believe that article must then become encyclopedically relevant. Andy Dingley (talk) 23:46, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge Content should be WP:PRESERVEd into Michigan Wolverines football#History or appropriate season specific article (from list at List of Michigan Wolverines football seasons)—Bagumba (talk) 01:14, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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