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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 ‎ draftify, which means moving the article to Draft:1892 Western Maryland Green Terror football team where the content may be used to create an encyclopedic article that can be moved back to mainspace. If such does not happen withing six months, the draft may be deleted.

There is clear consensus that a one-game season of a college football team doesn't warrant a standalone article. The suggestion to the redirect has been opposed as convincingly explained by Cbl62 and there is no further support for that option. The option to draftify in the hopes of creating an article covering multiple seasons is the one that has most support. I must admit that I am skeptical since nobody has stepped forward to write that article, but I will accept that it is at least a possibilty. Sjakkalle (Check!) 19:38, 1 February 2024 (UTC) reply

1892 Western Maryland Green Terror football team

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Unable to find the WP:SIGCOV needed for this team, which only played one game against a nearby high school, to meet the WP:NSEASONS. Let'srun ( talk) 00:12, 10 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 01:16, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Delete for the same reasons in the deletion discussion for the 1893 team. [1]. Should have been bundled. Wizmut ( talk) 02:23, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Oppose redirect. In these cases, redirects to the main program article are not "cheap", they are quite costly. By this same logic, every single redlink at Template:McDaniel Green Terror football navbox could be filled in with the same redirect. There is zero utility to such redirects and considerable harm. The harm is that our entire system of team navboxes, a system carefully built over the past decade, is rendered meaningless as we can no longer tell from viewing the template which seasons actually have articles. Why would we want to go in that direction? Ugh! Cbl62 ( talk) 17:38, 21 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Delete. Fails WP:NSEASONS and WP:GNG. This is not even a college football season. There was one game played against a local high school. Cbl62 ( talk) 17:45, 21 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Request draftification to create a valid merger target. BeanieFan11 ( talk) 18:42, 21 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Draftification is fine with me. Cbl62 ( talk) 17:42, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Object for now, due to the seeming lack of expansion potential, unless further details can be provided. Let'srun ( talk) 23:41, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Draftify per BeanieFan11. I doubt that a stand-alone article limited to this season will ever pass GNG. That said, under WP:NSEASONS, a grouped article along the line of Western Maryland Green Terror football, 1891-1909 or such might be viable. But I don't think we need to cross that bridge in order to justify draftification for an established user like Beanie who has demonstrated ability in building viable merger targets. Worst case, he fails and the draft gets deleted in six months. I don't see any downside to letting Beanie work on it in draftspace. Cbl62 ( talk) 00:14, 23 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Delete. Not seeing any coverage that would support a standalone article or balanced mention in a hypothetical merge target. It's not like there's anything independent and secondary worth keeping from this tiny stub, which is sourced entirely to the school's media guide.
JoelleJay ( talk) 20:35, 23 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relist to see if there is more support for Draftification.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 05:43, 24 January 2024 (UTC) reply

  • Draftify - if it helps in the creation of a viable article, great; if not, I still don't see any downside to keeping it in draftspace until it expires. Hatman31 ( talk) 18:58, 27 January 2024 (UTC) reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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