Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pennridge–Quakertown Thanksgiving Day Football Classic


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) (t &#183; c)  buidhe  03:15, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Pennridge–Quakertown Thanksgiving Day Football Classic

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Fails WP:NEVENT. If we allow this article to pass Wikipedia's standards, we might as well create articles for every single other high school sports rivalry in the United States. Lettlerhello • contribs 01:47, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Quite agree that we don't want articles on every high school sports rivalry in the United States, but there are exceptional cases and this is one.  This is a 90-year Thanksgiving tradition in Bucks County, and the article is well written and well documented with > 100 citations to reliable sources. I give this one the benefit of the doubt. Cbl62 (talk) 02:02, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Invariably, a national news org/network will talk about this football game on Thanksgiving, even in passing. It's a unique game and definitely notable.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 02:30, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per both comments above.   Oshawott 12  ==== Talk to me!  03:28, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: Undeleted so that discussion may continue here, someone will need to clean up the AfD closure templates. – Athaenara  ✉  17:53, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per Cbl62's reasoning and arguments. Ejgreen77 (talk) 06:57, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep, as I don't agree with the nom's reasoning and the game likely passes the GNG. The article is not about a single game/event, it's about a longstanding rivalry, and I think the coverage of that rivalry sets it apart from other similar topics in a way that prevents the slippery slope the nom speaks of. The rivalry itself passes the GNG (I'm going to add sources like this, this and this, to say nothing of the huge amount of sources already in the piece) and that should be enough to keep the page. Alyo  (chat·edits) 22:27, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. I don't think this will set a precedent for retaining every single school rivalry, if you look at the actual article. A hundred lovingly, individually cited news articles for game results should at least justify some benefit of the doubt! jp×g 12:12, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak delete I can't see the additional sources such as mccall.com and theintell.com since they're geo-blocked so can't vote a strong delete (though theintell.com is clearly local, and mccall.com appears to be a women's clothing website?), but I am concerned the vast, vast, vast majority of sources are local, and I can't find anything about the game that's not in the prep sports section of local papers, with the exception of the game's listing in a Wapost listicle. I would assume a notable youth sports rivalry would have been written about or covered in non-local sources, since I think the vast majority of high schools have one of these rivalry games, and I find myself agreeing with the nom here. WP:NHSPHSATH is designed for athletes, but youth sports reporting is so common I think it should apply to general discussion as well, and this article fails both of those tests at the moment. SportingFlyer  T · C  14:53, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
 * FWIW, mcall.com is the website for The Morning Call. Eagles 24/7 (C)  20:33, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah, that makes sense. I was throwing an additional "c" in there. SportingFlyer  T · C  22:06, 25 November 2020 (UTC)


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