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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) czar ♔ 03:06, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Derby Tel Aviv[edit]

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No references for a first. Are we to have special pages for derbies between local teams? Is this really important or adds something new that cannot be found in the pages relevant to the teams or the national results of the matches? I think this kind of article is unnecessary for Wikipedia. Tco03displays (talk) 13:55, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete this article has no sources to prove notability under wp:GNG.--Jeffrd10 (talk) 14:38, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and move to Tel Aviv derby "This kind of article" has no place in Wikipedia? We have articles about sports rivalries everywhere. Also, the fact that the article itself has no sources is not a reason to delete. There are numerous media mentions of the Tel Aviv Derby referring to either the soccer or basketball clubs of Maccabi and Hapoel facing off: [1], [2], [3], [4]. It looks like the article may have been a translation from the Hebrew version. I can try to improve the language and sourcing based on that version. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 19:39, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The Tel Aviv derby is one of the biggest in Israel, and we have plenty of articles on football derbies (see ((United Kingdom football derbies))). I have improved the article with some references and cleaned up the text. However, someone needs to have a word with the author, as he is creating a stream of awful machine-translated articles. Number 5 7 22:08, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Fair enough, you've also changed my mind with your statements.--Tco03displays (talk) 07:25, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep - seems to be a notable sporting rivalry, covered in detail by reliable sources. Giant Snowman 16:40, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - a lack of references in an article does not prove a subject is non-notable. The derby has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable sources, meeting the requirements of WP:GNG. Hack (talk) 08:27, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - After looking at only a few sources it's clear there is some significant coverage. Mkdw ^talk 04:45, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – a notable rivalry as demonstrated by links in the discussion here. Further, recommend nominator reads WP:BEFORE. C 679 22:50, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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