Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mavericks–Rockets rivalry

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 00:15, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mavericks–Rockets rivalry (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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Won't be surprised if this is kept since it's an in state rivalry, but in going through sports articles tagged with the notability guideline, none of the sources in the article specifically call this a rivalry, making it WP:SYNTH as written. In addition, a source search brought up a couple hits calling this a rivalry, including Jason Terry saying it is, but you also have Dirk Nowitzki saying it's not, and much of the coverage talked about either Chandler Parsons or the fact the front offices don't seem to like each other. Deserves a discussion, I'd be in favour of deleting if this isn't really a true rivalry apart from the proximity. If kept, please remove the notability tag if I don't get around to it. SportingFlyer T·C 00:00, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. SportingFlyer T·C 00:00, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. SportingFlyer T·C 00:00, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Fails WP:GNG with lack of significant coverage in multiple, independent sources. The biggest issue is that it fails the guideline WP:WHYN, namely that multiple sources are needed "so that we can write a fair and balanced article that complies with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy ..." Otherwise, editors will just cherry-pick facts from routine coverage in recaps of individual games, as opposed to independent sources that look at the rivalry as a whole. Moreover, routine coverage liberally uses the term rivalry to manufacture hype. At this point, it looks like calling this a "rivalry" is WP:OR.—Bagumba (talk) 08:51, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Per nom, can't see enough sources fails BASIC. JaredDaEconomist (talk) 05:32, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nomination and Bagumba. – Sabbatino (talk) 12:33, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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