Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1981 Aloha Bowl

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 Delete. Given that no sources have been forthcoming I am taking User:Paulmcdonald's opinion as being in favour of deletion, which makes this unanimously in favour of deletion. Michig (talk) 09:27, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

1981 Aloha Bowl[edit]

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Never played bowl game. In fact, I think this article is a hoax. Google News Archive doesn't come up with anything. ...William 00:32, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions....William 12:58, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions....William 12:58, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hawaii-related deletion discussions....William 12:58, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The article is completely unsourced. Furthermore, the content seems implausible. The bowl wouldn't have invited teams if they hadn't received certification from the NCAA, and the matchup is unlikely because Drake was playing in Division I-AA at the time while Hawaii was in Division I-A. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 13:58, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Conditional Keep -- If proper sources can be found and it's legit, then I say keep. Otherwise it should be deleted.--Paul McDonald (talk) 18:46, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment @Paul McDonald A Google News Archive search for Drake University and the Aloha Bowl comes up with this[1] which has nothing to do with the supposed cancelled game. Here's another search[2] for the Aloha Bowl getting certification. All the articles say it took place in 1982 and none make mention of a cancelled 1981 game. This article has the smell of a hoax or at the very best the work of someone's misguided memory....William 19:31, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
~~Merge~~ - This was a college football bowl game that was cancelled. This game gets no presumption of notability as a bowl game that was never played, and including the infobox with empty box score is gratuitous and a little bit bizarre. About two sentences of this history (with added sources) need to be merged to the history section of the Aloha Bowl main article, and the rest can be consigned to the editorial dustbin. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 19:08, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I've changed my !vote. I've conducted multiple Google searches, and reviewed all of the sources in the 1981 and main Aloha Bowl articles, and I can find no reference to the actual scheduling and cancellation of the 1981 Aloha Bowl. In the absence of any reliable sources, this article needs to be deleted rather than selectively merging content to the main article. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 19:53, 2 January 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 talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.