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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 keep. — Nearly Headless Nick 14:52, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Georgia Bulldogs football under E. E. Jones[edit]

Georgia Bulldogs football under E. E. Jones (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I see nothing encylclopediadic about this article for a single season of a college football team. However, perhaps there is a precedent that any single season of a sport at a division I (or II or III?) school is notable. I figure it's best to have this debate now, rather than after the author creates 100 articles. Aagtbdfoua 03:32, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep. This article is part of the ongoing efforts of WikiProject College football. One of the stated goals of WikiProject College football is:
To make Wikipedia one of the premier online resources on college football.
In order for Wikipedia to function as a "premier online resource," it needs to provide a complete historical view of Division IA programs. This article is part of that project and has been created in conformance guidelines established after extensive discussion (see discussion here, which is part of a larger discussion that starts here). There is no intent to create a single entry for each season, rather, the intent is to create a single page for all seasons under a particular coach (for example, see Georgia Bulldogs football under Herman Stegeman). In the particular instance tagged, it just so happens that the coach only coached for one season. --Tlmclain | Talk 03:55, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per Timclain. VegaDark 04:15, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge with Georgia Bulldogs football. This does not merit its own article. Edeans 04:18, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, not merge I had the entire history of the Colorado Buffaloes on a single article and it became so big as to lose it's value. The College football WikiProject had a discussion where it was determined that breaking up historical articles per coach was more appropriate than single year-by-year pages. Thus, for example, Colorado Buffaloes under Gary Barnett instead of a single article for each year he was a coach. For some coaches, they only coached a single year. Nonetheless, for completeness of the subject, each year a school has participated in the sport deserves to be covered. Failure to do so would result in an incomplete coverage of the topic. --MECU≈talk 04:33, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep, no merge - Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia - "keep" because this is exactly the kind of info I wish I could find in a paper encyclopedia but cannot due to size limitations, and "no merge" because including the summaries for all 27 coaches on the Georgia Bulldogs football page would be intractable. --Roswell native 04:46, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - article conforms to consensus of the WikiProject which is a compromise as stated above to avoid year-by-year articles while still providing comprehensive historical coverage. AUTiger ʃ talk/work 04:53, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy Keep - we are well on our way to 100 articles of college football seasons already. Please see 2005 Texas Longhorn football team, 2006 Texas Longhorn football team, 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team... The goal of the College Football WikiProject is to ensure that these articles are well-written, well-balanced, well-referenced, and comprehensive. The article in question here is following the preferred format as noted above. Johntex\talk 07:17, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy Keep - active WikiProject with good justification for this article Perel 07:45, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - Excessive level of detail for a general purpose encyclopedia. - fchd 07:52, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy Keep - Articles similar to this have been discussed before. At some point a nod to the consensus should be made. CJC47 15:45, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge into an article along the lines of Arsenal F.C. seasons (Georgia Bulldogs seasons?) Wikipedia is not a results database, there is no need to list individual match results in full. Oldelpaso 15:57, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep but retitle. Worthwhile content, but needs to be renamed to something along the lines of the articles that Johntex pointed out above for consistency's sake. A Train take the 17:28, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, the naming convention used is the result of a long discussion on WikiProject College football. The conclusion of the discussion was to group annual seasons for a team together under the head coach, otherwise, a team like Georgia would have 112 separate stories for 112 seasons. Using the approach adopted by the Project regroups those 112 seasons under 24 head coaches. That being said, there is still room for detailed stories on noteworthy seasons such as 2005 Texas Longhorn football team. I hope this help explains the reasoning behind the method used to name the article. --Tlmclain | Talk 19:12, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It does indeed. I tip my hat to you for the education, Tlmclain. :) A Train take the 23:11, 16 December 2006 (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.
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