Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manchester City v. Queens Park Rangers (2012)


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The result was keep. Clearly evidenced as receiving significant coverage for an extended period of time after the event. Fenix down (talk) 22:13, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Manchester City v. Queens Park Rangers (2012)

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There is a long standing consensus that an article on a single match must have special circumstances to qualify for an article. I fail to see how this passes that which is WP:ROUTINE. Govvy (talk) 22:23, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
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 * Comment Hi, can you explain how this article differs from something like a cup final in terms of WP:ROUTINE, especially considering that this match clinched the Premier League for Manchester City? Is it because this match was a regular season game, which, given slightly different season turnout, may have been completely insignificant? Dazzling4 (talk) 03:09, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Reply Other than clinching the title it's very basic in its output. There is Man City's main article, that season's article also which has the information on, you don't need an article on the one game. This information is housed in multiple other places already. Govvy (talk) 11:55, 9 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete - dashiellx (talk) 12:55, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - Dazzling4 (talk) 13:42, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep - the match has been subject to analysis and coverage both in the UK and abroad long after the immediate aftermath eg this from 2017, this from 2020, this from 2020, this from 2021. I believe the likes of these set it above the level of other title-clinching matches, most of which I agree are unremarkable in their own right -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:53, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per Chris, although article title will need sorting to match standard naming conventions. GiantSnowman 17:05, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep Received significant coverage in the UK, and this match arguably produced the greatest moment in Premier League history. ArsenalGhanaPartey (talk) 18:50, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep - Even as a Manchester United fan, I can appreciate the significance of this game. The first Premier League title to be decided on goal difference, and to be decided with basically the last kick of the game makes this game eminently special. Not sure the two !delete votes above should count considering they haven't provided a rationale. – PeeJay 21:08, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep - Clearly one of the most notable matches in the history of the Premier League which is still regularly the subject of much coverage and indeed with Liverpool 0–2 Arsenal (1989) one of the most significant league football matches in English football history. The article as it stands probably need work, but that is not a reason for deletion. Dunarc (talk) 21:46, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep it gets sustained coverage years after the event, as being one of the most dramatic late finishes to a season ever. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:29, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per above one of the greatest last day matches has received significant coverage.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 18:33, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep - with a decade of hindsight, I think Aguero's goal is the most dramatic moment in Premier League history. Plus it was essentially a cup final with City and United level on points and City needing to match United's win and were down a goal in stoppage time. This article should be completely overhauled though as it does not adequately do the match justice IMO. Rupert1904 (talk) 20:34, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per ChrisTheDude and Dunarc. Agree with GiantSnowman, article should be renamed, I think to Manchester City F.C. 3–2 Queens Park Rangers F.C. (2012) per naming conventions though I may be wrong. All my warmest wishes, ItsKesha (talk) 20:43, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Agree with you ItsKesha about the proposed name change. I see in the history of the article that it was originally titled when the page was created last month that but it was subsequently changed. Rupert1904 (talk) 21:11, 15 December 2021 (UTC)


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