Talk:Dial Square F.C.

Latest comment: 3 years ago by SL93 in topic Did you know nomination

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk01:34, 8 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Converted from a redirect by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 16:20, 20 April 2021 (UTC).Reply

  •   all checks out, new enough (after redirect was replaced), long enough, no obvious sign of copyvio, hook is interesting. BUT, Dial Square F.C. had already been founded as the predecessor to Arsenal F.C. so this (and the article) should really reflect that. Obviously, to a non-expert, that fact will be completely missed. This is proper nostalgia and it's a shame that it goes missing in the current name. I see ALT1 does that to an extent, but it would be best to merge those facts (in my opinion) in one single hook because the first is more interesting than the second, but the second is more important than the first if you follow me.... ?! The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:39, 21 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

MErge proposal

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@GiantSnowman:, we can talk here. The reason why this one should be retained is that this one follows the required MOS under WP:FOOTY. The other article is a clear WP:PROMO piece and uses incorrect formatting so anything there should be merged into here at the correct title. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:51, 26 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

I agree that 'Dial Square F.C.' is the correct name under MOS - but we cannot and should not have two articles on the same topic. The Dial Square Football Club article is older than yours. So you need to simply propose a WP:RM to move that article to Dial Square F.C.. GiantSnowman 09:58, 26 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
The concern with that is that the AFD is almost over so if I do that then everything here in this sourced version would get deleted because all those comments would have been made before the vast improvement @GiantSnowman:. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 10:03, 26 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
Improve the existing article; ping all participants at the AFD to reconsider (including me); and I'll leave a note for the reviewing admin to consider re-listing the AFD given the improvements. GiantSnowman 10:04, 26 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
Again, the concern I have is that it will have been tainted by their experience with the previous one. I think (given that the last one is clearly about to expire and get deleted anyway), it would be more prudent to either wait for that to happen which would render this whole thing moot (since there's only 1 day in it anyway) or start another one for this title. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 10:08, 26 April 2021 (UTC)Reply