Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of high school football rivalries (less than 100 years old)
Arrgghh...edit conflicts... Yeesh...why all the venom? While undoubtedly there should be a standard for inclusion in this list, as well as the 100+ years list, looking through it, there are several that, given reliable sources, would even be notable enough to support their own article. Others have no particular claim to notability and probably should be removed. Such a standard for inclusion would make the lists entirely manageable, as even at the present, neither of these lists are really very long. If the claims made about several of the rivalries on these lists are true, then many of them are among the oldest high school football rivalries in their respective states. In many regions, they are just as notable and important as some college football rivalries -- many of which have Wikipedia articles which are thoroughly sourced. My point here is not , but rather that in the case of many of these rivalries, if they're as old or prominent in their respective areas as the list claims they are, then there must be significant coverage in (at least) local/state news sources, as the two cases are analogous. I mean, some of these rivalries draw tens of thousands of spectators -- way more than just your typical local rivalry. In short, both lists should probably be tagged for cleanup and as needing references (which I'll do as soon as I'm done here), and rivalries listed that don't seem to have any claims to notability outside of their respective school communities should be culled
— User:LaMenta3, 02:11, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)