Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Broncos–Patriots rivalry


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   delete. Monty 845  19:29, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Broncos–Patriots rivalry

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 * Broncos-Patriots rivalry (note different punctuation) added to this nomination seven hours after it was created. Nyttend (talk) 01:28, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Broncos-Patriots rivalry (note different punctuation) added to this nomination seven hours after it was created. Nyttend (talk) 01:28, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

There are over 30 NFL teams... my bad math suggests there are about 500 combinations of this variety, and there's nothing particularly notable about this combination (despite the continual mass of sports media). Shadowjams (talk) 12:41, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete - No secondary sources to establish this rivalry as notable. The text of the article reads like a history of the Broncos.  There are certainly a few NFL rivalries that have articles and deserve them, for example the Cowboys–Redskins rivalry.  But I see no evidence that this is one of them. PianoDan (talk) 13:45, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * On the subject of the duplicate articles - my opinion is, unsurprisingly, to delete both. PianoDan (talk) 22:30, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * So I expected, but I asked you because the closing admin will have an easier time because you specifically asked for both to be deleted. Nyttend (talk) 01:26, 5 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment – Is this a duplication of Broncos-Patriots rivalry (with a Hyphen-minus, where the proposed article uses an en dash)? -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 13:51, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 15:04, 4 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete Tagged as A10. All these borderline NFL 'rivalry' articles always smack of WP:OR but in any case this is a clear duplicate. § FreeRangeFrog croak 18:35, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment I've added Broncos-Patriots rivalry to this nomination. There's no substantive difference between them; it wouldn't be good to delete one on notability grounds while keeping the other.  I declined the A10 tag because it would unintentionally confuse the AFD, since it wouldn't help to get rid of one page when the nominator's statement is equally relevant or irrelevant to the other one.  Let's delete both, or let's keep both and redirect one to the other.Nyttend (talk) 19:01, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, I honestly did not think to add the original one to the AFD, but I do think this rivalry is something someone cooked up at some point. So my !vote here would be Delete as well. § FreeRangeFrog croak 19:08, 4 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Merge then reconsider for deletion final product. That doesn't seem efficient... but that's where I'm at.--Paul McDonald (talk) 19:38, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete This rivalry is not particularly notable. Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 12:28, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:05, 5 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Speedy Delete - as duplicate material. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 22:31, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete If Manning and Brady are still going at it at the same addresses after ten years, then we might have something. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:09, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. Per the WP:NRIVALRY subsection of WP:NSPORTS, "Sports rivalries are not inherently notable.  Articles on sports rivalries . . . should satisfy the general notability guideline."  I see no evidence of substantial coverage of this "rivalry" in multiple, independent, reliable sources to support this subject's notability per the general notability guidelines of WP:GNG.  In fact, I see nothing to distinguish this "rivalry" from any other NFL game series.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 11:01, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete both. Just because teams play each other (sometimes in the playoffs, so beware the possible Manning-Brady matchup) doesn't mean they have a "rivalry". – Muboshgu (talk) 00:48, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete both. As an NFL fan, I don't believe this is considered to have any special significance as a rivalry (although the Brady-Manning rivalry might). Automatic Strikeout  ( T  •  C ) 00:58, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete both. Perhaps the Battle of Alberta is different, but this topic is not of significant coverage or importance to prove notability in reliable sources. TBrandley (what's up) 02:15, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
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