Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arkansas–Auburn football rivalry


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The result was delete. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:16, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Arkansas–Auburn football rivalry

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Lacks widespread recognition as an actual rivalry. A Google search will turn up some sources that mention a brewing "rivalry" or general animosity between current and former head coaches at the two programs (see here and here). Another source (here), which ponders who Arkansas' "real rival" is, gives Auburn a passing comment before moving on. Two articles (here and here) declare the game to be a rivalry, with the second stating that the "rivalry" is overlooked, citing "the competitiveness of their series over the past 25 years", only to go on to say that those 25 meetings are a result of the teams sharing a division, and therefore an annual game. This series lacks major recognition as a rivalry game, as it is only an annual divisional game. PCN02WPS ( talk  &#124;  contribs ) 17:02, 31 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete I see no evidence that this is more than an annual divisional game and regular SEC contest. CalebHughes (talk) 17:50, 31 July 2018 (UTC)


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 * Delete per well-reasoned nomination statement. Plus lack of other intangibles: no historical longevity (only one meeting prior to the last 25 years); no intra-state or border state geography; and no trophy. Nor do I see enough in the history to warrant an exception for a non-rivarly series article -- they've had ranked matchups only four times, none in which both teams were ranked in the top 10, the best matchup having been 2010 with No. 7 vs. 12. Existing practice is to deal with these types of annual series in the team/season articles. Cbl62 (talk) 19:04, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Jweiss11 (talk) 19:40, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete per above comments. Vorbee (talk) 20:28, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment I tend to agree that there's not much to show that there hasn't been a historical rivalry. However, I am concerned that there has been a spate of nominations based on the notion that the absence of a current rivalry means that historical rivalries should be deleted, showing a distressing recentist misunderstanding. That's not what we're here to do. I lean toward delete in this particular instance.  Acroterion   (talk)   23:55, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete seems to be regular conference game play. Sure they hate each other on game day... but that's about it.--Paul McDonald (talk) 12:50, 1 August 2018 (UTC)


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