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The result was delete. SarahStierch (talk) 20:51, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Origin and History of Benfica and Sporting[edit]

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Article is duplicate of Derby de Lisboa; any extra information should be merged into that article and this one deleted. Cheers, Lindsay^Hello 06:36, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I totally disagree with LindsayH. How can an article with hundreds of lines be a duplicate of an article with 4 lines? The Derby de Lisboa is only an article with statitics and describing football matches between two teams. The article Origin and History of Benfica and Sporting is complex and describes the history about two rivals. If any article should be deleted should be the small article with few information!Bmpaiva (talk) 14:43, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps i should clarify/elaborate on my rationale.

Most of the article deals with the history of each of the two clubs. That material either is or belongs in S.L. Benfica and Sporting Clube de Portugal. Anything which is about the rivalry between them belongs in Derby de Lisboa. Anything left is non-encyclopeadic, fan-based, and doesn't belong here at all. Here i would put such things as History and the facts occurred shouldn’t enter into oblivion and a fair tribute should be paid to the men that participated in the birth and life..., and in the distant day of February 28, 1904, still in the monarchy age, that was founded a club known as Group Sport Lisboa..., to offer the first two that come to my notice. These are more appropriate to a popular history or a novel than an encyclopaedia. Cheers, Lindsay^Hello 18:36, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:29, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - there are already dedicated articles on the history of each club, there is no need for an additional article combining the two histories -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:31, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Portugal-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:31, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:31, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - as Chris says, seperate articles already exist. Giant Snowman 10:22, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - agree with GiantSnowman. --MicroX (talk) 18:25, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - We already have articles for the history of each club and the history of their rivalry. – Pee Jay 10:33, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. As above. Walls of Jericho (talk) 18:12, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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