Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colts–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   keep. (non-admin closure) &mdash; neuro  (talk)  16:48, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Colts–Patriots rivalry

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Is this really a notable enough rivalry? The article doesn't appear to have any refs the prove this and I left some "citation needed" tags in the lead over a year ago, to see if anyone could find one and nothing has been done. BUC (talk) 12:06, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The absence of refs in the article doesn't exactly mean that they're not out there: Pats-Colts #4 all-time rivalry, Patriots-Colts rivalry resumes in AFC Championship game, [NFL Rivalries: Pats-Colts and four others (link blacklisted)].  Pats 1  T / C  13:50, 24 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:54, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Please add them in then. BUC (talk) 21:20, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - this is a well-known, highly notable rivalry. The article itself gives plenty of easily-sourcable facts. Instead of being sent to AfD, this should have been sourced. AfD is not for notable articles that are in less-than-perfect condition. Here some of the bazillion sources:, , , . SMSpivey (talk) 21:53, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Procedural Comment also, this is this article's second AfD nomination. The first was in May 2008. You should be able to link to it here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colts-Patriots rivalry. It resulted in a keep.
 * Keep Belongs with the others in this category; Colts-Pats is probably the most important NFL rivalry of this decade.  Colts-Chargers and Pats-Chargers are also important....--Mr Accountable (talk) 00:00, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I see refs that directly address this rivalry, see #2, and Pats1, wanna add the ones you found?-- 2008 Olym pian chit chat 02:47, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I did...  Pats 1  T / C  03:44, 25 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep I think we should keep it, but it definitely needs to be cleaned up. '' conman33 (. . .talk)  07:58, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Just because a page needs some work doesn't mean we should delete it. Instead of asking for deletion why don't you put some work into it? HoosierStateTalk 05:02, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - It's a notable rivalry. The fact that the article needs improvement is not grounds for deletion. Rlendog (talk) 22:33, 26 January 2009 (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.