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The result was keep. The issue of merging can be discussed on the article's talk page. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:12, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Republic of Ireland national football team 2010s results[edit]

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Wikipedia is not a sports almanac. Stifle (talk) 15:44, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Perhaps we would wish it were otherwise, but Wikipedia is a sports almanac, among other things. Whether we like it or not, Wikipedia is top-heavy on sports and entertainment articles that are contributed by its many editors. Articles of this sort are a legitimate spinoff of the article about the Irish national team in general. Technically, you're correct, but there's not even the remotest chance that this article will be deleted. Mandsford (talk) 21:19, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:33, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:59, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into an article that serves as a summary of happenings in Republic of Ireland association football. National team results could be included in a similar fashion to other yearly articles, such as 2009–10 in English football, 2009–10 in Belgian football, 2010 in Brazilian football, or 2010 in American soccer. JohnnyPolo24 (talk) 12:11, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep' appropriate and standard for m of an article for every national team in every sport. Merging would be a matter of style only, not substance DGG ( talk ) 21:22, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep worthwhile article providing information on matches played by an international football team. It seems reasonable to split by decade due to the otherwise lengthy article size? Eldumpo (talk) 08:51, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. An appropriate fork. --Mkativerata (talk) 05:32, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge current content to 2010–11 in Irish football or something similar to account for the fact that the article doesn't include Northern Ireland. This seems to be the current convention for national team results. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:37, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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.