Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Celtics-Raptors rivalry


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The result was speedy delete. Blatant COPYVIO. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:01, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Celtics-Raptors rivalry

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I'm pretty sure this is a neologism, and not an actual rivalry. ToronoRaptorsBasketball says they aren't a rivalry. There is a brief mention here, and another flat-out denial here, but I thought this would benefit from some input of some more sports-leaning editors. menaechmi (talk) 20:21, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete, this is a blatant copyright violation. menaechmi  (talk) 20:23, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:18, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:18, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:18, 13 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete: per WP:NRIVALRY. The bar for sports rivalries is very high, and needs to meet the GNG in spades.  Even if this train wreck of a blog piece-masquerading-as-Wikipedia-entry was well written -- which it is not -- the tendency of the sports world is for fanboys (and bored sportswriters on deadline) to consider any two teams who've had a recent hardfought playoff series to have a Great And Enduring Rivalry, which is fatuous nonsense.  No evidence that this alleged "rivalry" meets the GNG has been produced, let alone the number of high quality sources necessary to get past WP:ROUTINE.    Ravenswing   23:07, 13 September 2017 (UTC)


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