Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arkansas–Mississippi State football rivalry


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The result was delete. Sarahj2107 (talk) 20:45, 20 July 2018 (UTC)

Arkansas–Mississippi State football rivalry

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Speaking as an Arkansas fan, this game has never been considered more than a conference divisional game and has never been a rivalry. This can be supplemented by the fact that the two teams played only twice before Arkansas joined the Southeastern Conference in 1992, and the teams have played annually since then, only because they are both members of the SEC West. The discussion about this article and similar articles can be seen here. PCN [[Special:Contributions/PCN02WPS|02 ]] WPS 04:16, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete There is no significant, lasting coverage of this match-up in reliable third-party sources to establish it as a rivalry worthy of a standalone a article. Jweiss11 (talk) 05:06, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. IntoThinAir (formerly Everymorning)  talk  05:21, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. Hhkohh (talk) 05:51, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arkansas-related deletion discussions. Hhkohh (talk) 05:51, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Tennessee-related deletion discussions. Hhkohh (talk) 05:51, 13 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete. First, my searches did not turn up significant coverage of the type needed to satisfy WP:GNG. I found stories about individual games, but nothing dealing with the series in a historical or retrospective manner. (If anyone else finds such significant coverage, I'm willing to take another look.) Second, my searches revealed no indication that this is considered a rivalry by either school's fanbase. No trophy, no game name, no long history, no coverage of the series as a rivalry. Third, I see nothing that would warrant treating this as a historically significant series. The teams met only twice before 1992. Moreover, there is no history of matchups with national title or SEC championships on the line. Indeed, the teams have met only twice when both teams were ranked, and in neither of those cases was either team ranked in the top 10 (#12 vs. #22 in 1999 here, #22 vs. #13 in 2010 here).  I'm just not seeing evidence to support a stand-alone article for either a rivalry or historic series. Cbl62 (talk) 06:06, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Vorbee (talk) 07:34, 13 July 2018 (UTC)


 * It appears as though my opinion won't matter, so, while I wish the page to remain intact, it appears unlikely it will. I will say, however, that the EA Sports NCAA Football 10 video game lists Arkansas and Mississippi State as rivals. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CalebHughes (talk • contribs) 10:33, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Your opinion does matter. Understand, though, that Wikipedia operates on consensus. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 00:52, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree. Feel free to WP:DISAGREE at any time.  There is no WP:SENIORITY here either.--Paul McDonald (talk) 15:41, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Typical conference game, I see no reason to include it as a "rivalry" in Wikipedia without further sources. try another wiki?--Paul McDonald (talk) 15:05, 13 July 2018 (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.