Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SMU–Tulsa men's soccer rivalry

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The result was delete‎. Daniel (talk) 16:53, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

SMU–Tulsa men's soccer rivalry[edit]

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Doesn't appear to be enough WP:SIGCOV for this subject to meet WP:NRIVALRY. Let'srun (talk) 14:57, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sports, Football, Oklahoma, and Texas. Let'srun (talk) 14:57, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per NRIVALRY. I have found nothing on the subject aside from the one reasonable, routine source in the article. Soccer rivalries are rarely covered in the States. Conyo14 (talk) 17:39, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:35, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete We've been through this type of topic multiple times, delete per WP:NOSTATS. Govvy (talk) 10:36, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found please ping me. Giant Snowman 17:34, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Neither of the two sources are in-depth about any rivalry; they just mention/claim one. The second also says: "players at both schools anticipate [their match-up] annually because they know the outcome will likely determine who will prevail in Conference USA play". By this definition, every pair of competitors who are regularly facing each other in any kind of elimination tournament system in which the winner or top few competitors will advance to a higher competition are in a "rivalry", since the very purpose of such competition is to winnow them. This is really, really clearly not the meaning of "rivalry" that is either expected by our readers nor intended by WP:NRIVALRY. It refers to a subculture of animosity or faux-animosity between two teams/institutions and especially the fandom thereof, a rivalry that has a life of its own and garners source coverage unto itself, not just passingly used as word in routine game coverage or a coach interview. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 12:33, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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