Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phillip Beard Stadium
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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 merge to Buford High School (Georgia). Liz Read! Talk! 21:17, 9 August 2025 (UTC)
Phillip Beard Stadium
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This is a high school's football stadium (though technically owned by the city that operates the Buford City School District). Routine local coverage shows that it exists, but the article does not have any of the significant in-depth coverage
showing historic, social, economic, or architectural importance
that is required by WP:NBUILDING. The article makes the claim that the stadium is one of the largest high school football stadiums in the southeast
, yet it isn't even in the top 10 in the State of Georgia, let alone the entire Southeast. It's a subjective claim to a WP:BIG number mentioned in passing by a few sources (in a way that reads like churnalism), but is far from the in-depth coverage needed to show that the article's subject is notable. - Aoidh (talk) 22:30, 2 August 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Schools, Football, and Georgia (U.S. state). Aoidh (talk) 22:30, 2 August 2025 (UTC)
- Merge with Buford High School (Georgia) – As WP:ATD. Svartner (talk) 00:34, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 07:15, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 14:50, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
- Redirect as above. GiantSnowman 14:52, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
- Redirect as above. The current page is promo for a non-notable football stadium. NotJamestack (talk) 20:46, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
- Merge with Buford High School (Georgia) – is agreeable, as in my search, though it is currently "sensational" among many news sites, due to recent opening, the articles tend to just highlight mostly its high cost in its renovation and construction. BUt so far lacks SIGCOV as maybe WP:TOOSOON.Lorraine Crane (talk) 16:48, 5 August 2025 (UTC)
- 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.