Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lakers–Pistons rivalry (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep. Yunshui 雲 水 11:29, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Lakers–Pistons rivalry
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Not a notable rivalry. May have been a notable rivalry in years past, but has not been in recent years. Also missing RS to support its case for a notable rivalry. Natg 19 (talk) 06:47, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
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 * Keep - Notability isn't temporary. "may have been a notable rivalry in years past", even nomination acknowledges it's past notability. Cavaliers–Warriors rivalry is the most notable nowadays, but 20 years from now they may not even care about each other anymore and that won't reduce the notability that it has earned currently. In terms of missing RS, the first source in article is from ESPN and discusses the history of the rivalry, and there are other sources out there that rank it as one of the higher ranked rivalries in NBA history. WikiVirusC (talk) 14:16, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep If it was a notable rivalry in years past, it's still notable as notability is not temporary. Smartyllama (talk) 16:14, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Kinda put your foot in your mouth by admitting this May have been a notable rivalry in years past because notability is not temporary. The article could use a good clean-up but that is not a knock against notability.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 20:47, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per WikiVirusC. Cbl62 (talk) 13:20, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:NTEMP and all above, as even the nominator appears to acknowledge that this is a historical rivalry. Ejgreen77 (talk) 11:52, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep - Passes WP:GNG. --  Dane talk  02:12, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Notability isn't temporary. Dammit_steve (talk) 18:51, 6 June 2018 (UTC)


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