Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy


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The result was keep. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:40, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy

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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." Article lacks citations and rivalry is not readily established via search. UW Dawgs (talk) 09:59, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 11:21, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 11:21, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete: Just the annual game played between two teams in the same conference, ho-hum. No reason this is any more important than any other game played between ACC opponents.   Ravenswing   22:28, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * A preliminary search turns up this: "Historical Eye of the Tiger: Clemson vs. Boston College", SB Nation, 2015. Cbl62 (talk) 11:30, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * What makes this blogsite a reliable source?   Ravenswing   08:15, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * SB Nation has some professional staff writers with proper editorial control. Not sure if this is one of those or not. Not enough by itself for me to vote either way; will wait to see if other sources are uncovered. Cbl62 (talk) 20:57, 5 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep - Trophy has received significant coverage in the Boston Herald, The Boston Globe , the Spartanburg Herald - Journal, and The Greenville News - Hirolovesswords (talk) 00:34, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep - There is enough significant coverage of the trophy/rivalry in multiple, reliable, independent sources to pass WP:GNG. Such coverage includes: (1) Rivals now trophy hunters, Boston Herald; (2) There will be some new hardware in store, The Boston Globe; (3) Going old school: Clemson's 5 leading candidates to wear the leather helmet, The Greenville News; (4) History lesson, and a leather helmet, with Boston College in Clemson, The Post and Courier; (5) Clemson-BC burgeons into unexpected rivalry, Daily Journal-Messenger (Seneca, SC); (6) "Chowder, grits and a rivalry", The Post and Courier, Nov. 14, 2007; and (7) "Historical Eye of the Tiger: Clemson vs. Boston College", SB Nation, 2015. Cbl62 (talk) 17:07, 9 December 2017 (UTC)


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