Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Baltimore City College Football

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The result was nomination withdrawn by nominator, default to keep. Kurykh 23:53, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Baltimore City College Football[edit]

This page does not belong on Wikipedia as wikipedia is not a memorial site for the experiences of students on teams. This would not be found in an encyclopedia. BCC Football has no real tie to notablitly other than the fact that George Young coached the team. There are many high schools that have had major league coaches as well as player go on to the professional leagues. Not a single one of those programs have their own page. This isn't the space for that it belongs on the schools' sports program website. What is notable about the team is what is most covered on the page and that is discussion about the "City-Poly" football rivalry which is the oldest on any "public high school" in the country. That rivalry is not limited to these eras of coaches at city alone but should mention info about both schools. I would suggest the creation of a page that covers the City Poly rivalry.--Bcc07 17:43, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I am withdrawing my nomination of this article for deletion. After writing up my reasons for deletion, I realized that I should have requested that this article be moved to City–Poly football rivalry and not nominated it for deletion. Is it possible to withdraw the nomination? --Bcc07 17:57, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep and move as per nom. Lilac Soul ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 19:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Baltimore City College is the oldest high school in Maryland and the third oldest in the country. In the past year, editors have tripled the size of the article about "City", probably due to the volume of available verifiable information on the school and its hundreds of notable graduates. Several spin-off pages have already been created with regard to the school: History of Baltimore City College, Bancroft Literary Association and Carrollton-Wight Literary Society (the school's debate team) and List of Baltimore City College people. These articles were created when the information they contained grew too large for the City College main page. As I developed information on the school's football program, I decided it to contained too much information for the school's main page and created the article in question two days ago. The article is, by no means complete, but already contains information on three notable coaches, inclduing the aforementioned George Young, at the institution, several players from the team who went to the NFL or achieved noteriety in their own right, and the more two dozen Baltimore City and Maryland State Scholastic Association championships won by the team. Furthermore, the article takes on even greater significance when one considers the tremendous obstacles the team has had to overcome, just to remain in existence. It is an inner city high school football team that is living up to and in some cases surpassing the 150 years of history that preceded it. The rivalry between City College and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute is one of the oldest rivalries in the country, but that rivalry is simply part of the football program's history. The football program, including its history is what is notable.For these reasons tha page should be kept. 67knight 20:58, 14 August 2007 (UTC)creator[reply]

Keep - as is- provided the article is expanded as promised. High school football is big, especially in Texas, Ohio, California and Florida. Didn't realize that Maryland had such a rich history. Triple3D 00:28, 15 August 2007 (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.