Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Central Washington–Western Washington football rivalry

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 14:46, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Central Washington–Western Washington football rivalry

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Same creating editor with same issues. Only one game played in "rivalry" per article. UW Dawgs (talk) 05:53, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. Has received coverage in a major newspaper and seems to have been played since 1922 (with over a hundred meetings). Sounder Bruce 07:22, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Would like to see a bit more coverage, but the Seattle newspapers from the 1920s to 1990s are not readily available on-line. Hopefully, someone has access and can check those sources. As far as the usual objective indicia of rivalries, several are present here: (i) geographic proximity of the schools (this is an intra-state rivalry between schools located 190 miles apart); (ii) the existence of a trophy (the Cascade Cup); (iii) the existence of an official name for the series (Battle in Seattle); (iv) long history dating back to 1922; and (v) frequency of play (over 100 games played on an annual basis, with a timeout for WWII, for almost 90 years).
@UW Dawgs: It appears this AfD was premised on the belief that only one game had been played. Given the fact that the series was played > 100 times, would you consider withdrawing this one? Cbl62 (talk) 03:21, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Wrong and no. UW Dawgs (talk) 03:23, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Passes GNG. Sources: Seattle Times, "Battle in Seattle will be football in a pure form" (2004), "Western vs. Central: No small football rivalry" (2007), "Central, Western renew rivalry in “Battle in Seattle" (2008), "Reveling in rivalry, Northwest Colleges - College Football 2005" (2005), The Bellingham Herald, "Western-Central rivalry now `personal'" (1999), Daily Record "Rivalry! When Central takes on Western, it is no friendly contest" (2003), Yakima Herald-Republic, "College Football -- Central, Western Renew Rivalry" (2001) WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 04:09, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Nomination was made on erroneous assumption: "Only one game played in 'rivalry' per article." In fact, this rivalry game was played > 100 times. Also, the series satisfies WP:GNG with significant coverage in multiple, reliable sources -- see sources in article and those found by WikiOriginal-9. Finally, and as noted above, the series satisfies objective criteria of a rivalry. Cbl62 (talk) 05:29, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This one clearly passes WP:GNG.--Paul McDonald (talk) 22:37, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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