Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rushmoor derby (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. Drmies (talk) 02:16, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Rushmoor derby
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This was recently listed for deletion as part of a group of articles at Articles for deletion/A62 derby. Though it was closed as no consensus, I'm relisting this article as there were no particular claims made for its notability in that debate, which got swamped by the discussion of other articles.

There is little to no evidence that this rivalry exists. The page, which is unsourced, mentions only one match, from the Hampshire Senior Cup, a low priority competition typically contested by the reserve teams of professional clubs and local semi-professional teams. A search via the fchd finds just four seasons in which the clubs were in the same league, of which two were in the regional, semi-professional Isthmian League and two in the mixed pro/semi-pro National League, both of which are well down the English football system. One of the clubs, Farnborough, have never competed as a professional team.

Beyond this lack of evidence of the rivalry existing, there is none of its notability. The general notability guidelines require independent sources, but none are offered on the page and none seem to exist; there is little evidence that the phrase has cachet beyond this Wikipedia article. Wikipedia's rivalry notability states that "Sports rivalries are not inherently notable. Articles on sports rivalries, such as Yankees–Red Sox rivalry, should satisfy the general notability guideline, " and this page falls well short of that. Super Nintendo Chalmers (talk) 08:48, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - no evidence to show that this passes WP:GNG, and I doubt that suitable sources exist. Ilikeeatingwaffles (talk) 08:58, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 12:50, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 12:50, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone  12:57, 22 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete - clearly not notable per WP:RIVALRY. No indication of GNG, simply because teams are geographically close does not mean there is an inherent rivalry. Fenix down (talk) 16:14, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - no evidence of notability. GiantSnowman 19:00, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - clear failure of WP:GNG, no evidence that this is a significant rivalry Spiderone  07:58, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - same reasoning as the others. Waggers<small  style="color:#080">TALK  13:37, 26 August 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.