Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Astros–Braves rivalry

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The result was delete‎. Star Mississippi 01:37, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Astros–Braves rivalry[edit]

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There are 30 teams in MLB, so naturally each team will face off against the other 29 over time. Wikipedia is not an WP:INDISCRIMINATE collection of information, including going through each set of teams and picking out the times that they met in the postseason. There is no "rivalry" between the Braves and the Astros. If we don't draw a hard line on what constitutes a rivalry and what doesn't, we will have individual pages for each potential matchup. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:07, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: There's very little local or national coverage of this matchup being a significant rivalry. It certainly isn't worth of its own article. Nemov (talk) 19:11, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:07, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Georgia (U.S. state) and Texas. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:29, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Per nom and Nemov. Definitely not as much of a rivalry as with the Phillies, Marlins, or even the Dodgers. BilCat (talk) 21:33, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Very little coverage of these teams as “rivals.” The sources present in the article only mention terms like “rivals” or “rivalry” in the title or briefly and show little depth of animosity between the two teams and their fan bases. Frank Anchor 12:56, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: The teams being arguably the most successful teams of their respective leagues in the past half-decade doesn't constitute a rivalry. That said, the primary claim made in the article and its sources is that the rivalry was strong in the '90s when the teams played in the NL West together, and has recently seen something of a resurrection. A rivalry can still be notable and worthy of inclusion if it's dormant (no one would've suggested that the Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry article should've been deleted when Texas A&M left for the SEC). Ultimately, however, those are all moot points. The question is whether there is substantial coverage in multiple reliable, independent secondary sources, and the sources don't really establish it as a notable rivalry, as per Frank Anchor. P1^{(talk / contributions)} 15:38, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Insufficient evidence of a notable rivalry. This article only really says that the Astros and Braves have faced each other in the playoffs, which isn't enough. Nohomersryan (talk) 19:13, 2 May 2023 (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.