Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Madison–Old Dominion football rivalry

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The result was Delete. czar ⨹ 20:27, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

James Madison–Old Dominion football rivalry

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"Rivalry" only consisted of four games before conference change. No indication this "rivalry" ever met WP:GNG or WP:NRIVALRY. Unsuccessful in finding national sources that indicate this was ever considered a major "rivalry", which makes this article original research. Secret ^account 22:50, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Everymorning talk to me 23:33, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. Everymorning talk to me 23:33, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete not a significant rivalry. Mellowed Fillmore (talk) 15:04, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:41, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:41, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - There is a whole body of analysis that we normally go through to determine whether (1) a college sports rivalry actually exists between two college sports teams (and, yes, a "rivalry" is more than just two teams who have played each other many times), and (2) whether that rivalry is notable per WP:NRIVALRY and WP:GNG. In this case, there is no need to got through that whole analysis: common sense suggests that there is no such thing as a meaningful "rivalry" between two teams that have only played ~~twice~~ four times. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 23:01, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I googled, it was 4 times as the article is out of date, but your point is clear, there is no such thing as a "rivalry" if the team only played two/three/four times and its unlikely to play further. Secret ^account 00:04, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Not a significant historical rivalry. Carrite (talk) 14:24, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Per all of the above. Cbl62 (talk) 16:42, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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