Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle for the Silver Mace

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The result was Delete. czar ⨹ 20:26, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Battle for the Silver Mace[edit]

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"Rivalry" only consisted of five games before conference change. No indication this "rivalry" ever met WP:GNG or WP:NRIVALRY. Unsuccessful in finding national sources that indicate this was ever considered a major "rivalry", which makes this article original research. Secret ^account 22:47, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. Everymorning talk to me 23:54, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:39, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:39, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - There is a whole body of analysis that we normally go through to determine whether (1) a college sports rivalry actually exists between two college sports teams (and, yes, a "rivalry" is more than just two teams who have played each other many times), and (2) whether that rivalry is notable per WP:NRIVALRY and WP:GNG. In this case, there is no need to go through that whole analysis: common sense suggests that there is no such thing as a meaningful "rivalry" between two teams that have only played three times. That this "rivalry" has a cutesy name strongly suggests that this is another attempt to manufacture an artificial "rivalry" for local media purposes. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:05, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This brief, and now discontinued, series between two small college sports teams does not rise to the level of a significant rivalry of the type required to pass WP:GNG and WP:NRIVALRY. Cbl62 (talk) 16:45, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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