Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1903 Western Illinois Purple and Gold football team

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The result was redirect‎ to Western Illinois Purple and Gold football, 1902–1909#1903. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:25, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1903 Western Illinois Purple and Gold football team[edit]

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Subject lacks the necessary sourcing to meet the WP:GNG or WP:NSEASONS as it stands. If the creator or someone else wishes to draftify this, be my guest. Let'srun (talk) 22:54, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: American football and Illinois. Let'srun (talk) 22:54, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's suitable for a decade list of seasons, but not as a stand-alone. SportingFlyer T·C 22:56, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Draftify. Sigh... will eventually get to creating a merger target. BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:10, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Western Illinois Purple and Gold football, 1902–1909#1903. Western Illinois is a Division I program, and its history warrants inclusion in Wikipedia. 1903 was the first season, and the coverage is sparse. Accordingly, and per WP:NSEASONS, it makes sense to group the first decade of seasons into a single article. I began the target article tonight, and I'll continue working on it and invite anyone else interested to assist in the effort. Cbl62 (talk) 04:59, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you, Cbl62. Redirect. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:08, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per Cbl62. Jweiss11 (talk) 15:48, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Open to a redirect. Great work Cbl62. Let'srun (talk) 16:25, 13 February 2024 (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.