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
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This article should be removed and replaced with a redirect to
1967 NFL draft since that article more completely documents the
Common draft that was instituted between the two leagues. —
DeeJayK (
talk) 16:45, 23 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Tentative delete - At first glance, this looks like a no-brainer. There appears to be be virtually no content in this article, and what there is, is already covered in greater depth by the
1967 NFL Draft article. Am I missing something here? Also, given that this was the first year of the so-called "Common Draft," should we also not be contemplating a re-name of the 1967 NFL Draft article to recognize this? If memory serves, the Pro Football Hall of Fame refers to the "common draft" years as something other than simply the "196x NFL Draft" . . . .
Dirtlawyer1 (
talk) 17:00, 23 October 2015 (UTC) I have struck my "delete" vote above, and changed it to "redirect" per DeeJayK's proposed plan of reorganization outlined below.
Dirtlawyer1 (
talk) 19:07, 26 October 2015 (UTC)reply
I wouldn't be opposed to to renaming the
1967 NFL draft article to something like 1967 NFL/AFL draft (which actually already exists as a redirect to the 1967 NFL draft article). Obviously if we make that change for 1967 NFL draft we'd want to make similar changes to the 1968 and 1969 "
Common draft" articles at the same time. However, I figured it would be simpler to tackle one change at a time. If it's preferable to make these changes all at once, that's fine with me, too. —
DeeJayK (
talk) 20:35, 23 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Looks like this is going forward, so it's not a bad idea to discuss naming while you've got 6 or 7 football editors focused on it.
Dirtlawyer1 (
talk) 21:32, 23 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Ok, so my ideal end state for this short series of articles on the
Common draft:
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Deejayk: I think that sounds like a good plan. I suggest you add the 1968 and 1969 AFL Draft articles to this AfD (don't forget to put AfD notices on the articles and notify the article creators), so we can deal with all similarly situated articles at once. Then let's see if we can stir up some more participation in this discussion by the WP:NFL and WP:CFB regulars.
Dirtlawyer1 (
talk) 18:59, 26 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Redirect per DeeJayK's proposed plan of reorganization for the 1967, 1968 and 1969 NFL/AFL Draft and related articles.
Dirtlawyer1 (
talk) 19:07, 26 October 2015 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
SpartazHumbug! 22:03, 1 November 2015 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 12:57, 8 November 2015 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
1967 NFL draft. This article is redundant to the common draft article. Renames of the target can either be done
boldly or via a formal
WP:RM outside of this AfD.—
Bagumba (
talk) 00:52, 15 November 2015 (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
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