Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michigan MAC Trophy

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result of the debate was keep. -- 9cds^(talk) 17:28, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Michigan MAC Trophy

Non notable (3 Google hits) young interuniversity (3 universoties) sports award Fram 14:01, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

• 3 Google hits? Man, I get more than 3 Google hits. Delete. - Che Nuevara: ^{Join the Revolution} 14:49, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
• weak keep or merge into Mid American Conference -- MrDolomite 14:53, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
• weak keep as per MrDolomite. wikipediatrix 14:54, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep (obviously, as I created the article). It is a new award (created in September 2005) and that is why there are not many Google hits for it. Looking at other Rivaly Awards, the Michigan MAC Trophy article has more information than some. I also believe it is just as relevant as the other College rivalry trophies articles, although it is only 9 months old. I think that if more info is added to the article (it's now a stub), it's an appropriate Wikipedia article. --X96lee15 15:13, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete minor sports competition, unencyclopedic.--Peta 16:13, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, stubbiness is not grounds for deletion and it's a new award comparable to many already on Wikipedia. BoojiBoy 16:56, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Stubbiness was not given as a reason for the deletion, so to dismiss it on trhat grounds is a strawman. As for thre being already many on Wikipedia, that's a pity, but again no reason to keep this one. If the other ones fail the notability prerequisites, they should be deleted as well. If they, on the other hand, have more notability (say, like the Oxford - Cambridge boat race, to take an extreme example), then they can be kept. College rivalty trophies as such can hardly be considered notable. This one fails the Google test miserably, and has no other cliams to being notable. Fram 08:21, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - see Category:College rivalry trophies ... there are lots of them ... as long as it's real, keep it. BigDT 06:22, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep we've already lost USC v. Notre Dame, let's not lose another college football article. --fpo 22:09, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Its a real trophy, and it will get bigger as time goes on. Bornagain4 17:07, 29 June 2006 (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.