Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iowa State–West Virginia football rivalry


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:41, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Iowa State–West Virginia football rivalry

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WP:NRIVALRY says "Sports rivalries are not inherently notable" and defers to WP:GNG. GNG states "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list." Rivalry is not establish via current citations. There is some routine coverage in some search results showing slight, but not significant (or national), coverage. WP:TOOSOON. UW Dawgs (talk) 09:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 11:24, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete and possibly speedy as a hoax . Only 6 meetings, no reliable references, just a blogger who insists on commenting about previous riots in blog posts. power~enwiki ( π,  ν ) 20:58, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I've removed the hoax-y material, it's now just a non-notable stub. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 21:00, 3 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete. My searches do not reveal multiple sources dealing with this six-game football series as a true rivalry. It might conceivably evolve into a true rivalry if both teams remain in the Big 12, but it's just not there at this time. Frankly, there's cause for skepticism that this series will ever evolve into a true rivalry given that it lacks the intangible characteristics that typically generate a rivalry, including geographic proximity (Ames and Morgantown are 871 miles apart and separated by four other states) and history (the teams first met in 2012). Nor are there unusual circumstances to this series that would warrant a stand-alone article such as multiple games impacting the national title, matches where both teams were highly ranked, or games receiving ongoing coverage as being historically important. Cbl62 (talk) 16:14, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete -- This article, I believe, is too soon at best. In a nutshell, I agree with most of Cbl62's comments. -- Dolotta (talk) 22:34, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - currently, not enough in-depth coverage to show this nascent match-up rises to the level of gng necessary to satisfy it as a rivalry.  Onel 5969  TT me 15:06, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
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