Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D.C. Cup


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The result was   delete. § FreeRangeFrog croak 02:12, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

D.C. Cup

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Non-notable small college football "rivalry" that fails WP:NRIVALRY and WP:GNG. Per WP:NRIVALRY, no sports rivalry is inherently notable, and must satisfy the general notability guidelines per WP:GNG. That means significant coverage in multiple, independent, reliable sources. This article lists no independent, reliable sources to support the notability of this "rivalry," and a Google search reveals no in-depth coverage, either. How could it? This "rivalry" is three years old, and that fails the common sense test of what a meaningful sports rivalry is. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:00, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - not notable. --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 23:04, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete Not an FBS rivalry, and followed solely by DC-based media as a 'and finally' in sports reports because of the lack of prestige for the Georgetown and Howard football programs; cannot be extended to basketball either as that's probably heavily bent to Georgetown.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 00:10, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Merge to either Georgetown Hoyas football, Howard Bison football, or both, as necessary. While "rivalry" articles about teams that have hardly ever played each other is certainly not an unknown phenomenon on Wikipedia (see this, and this, and this, and this), as Dirtlawyer notes, these two teams have played each other a grand total of three times, both play in different conferences, and have no significant history of playing against each other. Maybe in 20 years, if this series continues (and there's no guarantee that it will as these teams play in different conferences), this will be a rivalry worth writing about, but, right now, it can probably best be briefly summarized on the individual program pages. Ejgreen77 (talk) 02:45, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Washington, D.C.-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:47, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:47, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete three games in six years does not a "rivalry" make.--Paul McDonald (talk) 22:02, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. Inadequate references. RomanSpa (talk) 09:31, 16 July 2014 (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.