Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1972 Michigan vs. Navy football game

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The result was merge to 1972 Michigan Wolverines football team. Apparently, Comedian1018 has already attempted part of the merging. Wifione _.......^{Leave a message} 08:33, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1972 Michigan vs. Navy football game[edit]

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This game doesn't seem significant enough to warrant its own article; see: Wikipedia:WikiProject College football/Notability. It can be covered at 1972 Michigan Wolverines football team and 1972 Navy Midshipmen football team. Jweiss11 (talk) 00:28, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize I didn't see the standard before I wrote the article. That being said, while it's not the most complete article as of yet, isn't the point of Wikipedia so we can continue to add on at a later date. Plus, this way the team pages do not become overcrowded with information and the games can be linked with the schedules on those pages. The games can go into greater depth for those looking for the information out on the web. Comedian1018 (talk) 00:38, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comedian1018, take a look at some of the more complete Michigan season pages like 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team and 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team. We should be able to integrate the content about the 1972 Michigan-Navy game into 1972 Michigan Wolverines football team. Jweiss11 (talk) 00:48, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, can the scoring summaries and individual stats be included in some fashion? Comedian1018 (talk) 00:55, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They certainly could. I wonder, though, if we really need the box score for this game or for each and every game. If we included them for every game, a season page could get unwieldy, as you suggest above. To date, game box scores and stats generally haven't been detailed on Wikipedia except in cases where there was a dedicated page for that game, e.g. bowl games, conference championship games, games of particular historic note. You raise a good issue here. I'd like to get some input from some others involved in WikiProject College football. Jweiss11 (talk) 01:05, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into the 1972 Michigan Wolverines football team article. Cbl62 (talk) 01:20, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. -- Cbl62 (talk) 01:21, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into the respective team's years, as no reason is given within the article explaining notability. Nolelover^{It's football season!} 01:25, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Yeah, I'm pleased in the effort in gaining the information. At this time I don't see it as a focus for us as a stand-alone article. That said, the information could easily be mreged into other articles. I'm not sure if there isn't so much as a "notability" argument for this as a "practicality" argument. I think we'd be better off as a project getting our higher-level articles assembled first before going to such granular detail.--Paul McDonald (talk) 01:42, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per Jweiss11. While individual regular-season games can be notable (see, for example, 2005 Texas vs. Texas A&M football game), there does not seem to be enough written about this game (going beyond a box score) to establish notability and merit its own article. cmadler (talk) 13:02, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've moved the information to the Michigan page, so this page can now be removed. Comedian1018 (talk) 00:53, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Now it would be great if you could do the same thing for all the other games in that season. :) Nolelover^{It's football season!} 01:37, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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