Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2006 Texas vs. Ohio State football game

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. Courcelles 01:58, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2006 Texas vs. Ohio State football game

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This is a regular season college football game with no indication that it's notable more than any other game. The references are some standard sports reporting references, nothing to indicate that this game is notable, and nothing in the article to indicate as much either. Shadowjams (talk) 08:24, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, WP:NOT#NEWS etc. Stifle (talk) 15:27, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - One at least expects some EFFORT to show that an ordinary, regular season college football game was in some way extraordinary. This article doesn't even try to do that. WP:LAME-O. Carrite (talk) 16:35, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I must say though, I am a fan of the fraudulent "GA" status in the top right! Paralympiakos (talk) 16:37, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You'd be amazed how many new articles have {{pp-semiprotect}} on them. Is that part of the article creation template or something? I do have to say though, learning by experience is by far the most natural way... it's what I did. Reverse engineering wiki syntax is a good sign, although... maybe not. Shadowjams (talk) 09:39, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:08, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but I wanna see the article develop. Why keep? It's actually a notable regular season game--the first time ranked #1 met ranked #2 in 10 years outside of a bowl game, and that's significant. The article as written isn't necessarily "harmful" just merely lacking in good information and editing (in other words, there's no reason to delete based on the content of the article). I'm normally not much of a fan of creating an article for each and every game, but in this case for this unique match-up, I say we should work to improve the article rather than delete it.--Paul McDonald (talk) 18:49, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, while this was a major regular season game, this isn't the "Fifth Down Game". Not every game is notable, and I don't see this as sufficiently non-newsy to warrant an article. Nyttend (talk) 23:40, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" said Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle... but we have articles on Kennedy, Quayle, Bentsen, and the quote!--Paul McDonald (talk) 21:37, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - WP:NOT#NEWS as per Stifle. Codf1977 (talk) 14:45, 12 August 2010 (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.