Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ravens-Steelers rivalry

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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 was delete. Wizardman 20:09, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ravens-Steelers rivalry

Ravens-Steelers rivalry (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Non notable rivalry with no references. Buc (talk) 20:02, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete. There is always a basic level of "rivalry" between any two sports teams, and writing an article on that is uninteresting and unencyclopedic. When there is an historic rivalry, though, there will be references backing that up, and I think we really need some for this type of article. --Dhartung | Talk 20:13, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak keep A check of the internet indicates that this is considered to be a rivalry by sports columnists in both Pittsburgh and Baltimore. However, if nobody wants to add sources (I don't), then nobody will suffer if the article is deleted. Mandsford (talk) 20:52, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
    • Comment Readers who are not writers/authors/editors/Wikipedians/whatever will suffer (this is not a Keep !vote, just an insight) --Thinboy00 @982, i.e. 22:33, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete Article basically links this to the Steelers-Browns rivalry (the Ravens were the Browns, who relocated, resulting in bitterness). I am a Steelers fan living in northeast Ohio; I hear plenty about the Browns/Steelers rivalry; I have never heard of there being a rivalry between the Steelers and Ravens. (Ravens-Browns is another story.) JeremyMcCracken (talk) (contribs) 00:10, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Merge to respective articles. +Hexagon1 (t) 03:51, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep with conditions Google search turns up several results from presumably notable websites suck as nrl.com, but if references cannot be provided, I say Delete  Atyndall93 | talk  07:13, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 16:25, 17 April 2008 (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.