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The result was delete. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:46, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Texans-Bengals Rivalry[edit]

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Unsourced assertion that there's a "rivalry" between the two teams, rather than just run-of-the-mill encounters in the normal course of events. Cabayi (talk) 22:59, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. Cabayi (talk) 23:00, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ohio-related deletion discussions. Cabayi (talk) 23:00, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 04:39, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 04:39, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Doesn't exist, period. The Texans simply haven't had a sustained period of success yet, so it's been nigh on impossible for a serious rivalry to develop, especially with a team not in their division. Also consider deleting Texans–Titans rivalry for the former reason. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:33, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment the rivalry has been covered in local news: both in the Houston Chronicle and the Cincinnati Enquirer. This may not be good enough for the WP:GNG; but the rivalry does seem to exist. BenKuykendall (talk) 23:01, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment The word "rival*" only appears three times in those two articles, both to add colour. Just because the word "rivalry" is used in an article or two doesn't mean it's a rivalry. SportingFlyer talk 01:15, 28 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:GNG and WP:NRIVALRY. SportingFlyer talk 13:38, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete non-notable, fails GNG WikiVirusC^(talk) 19:19, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. They're both in the AFC, so they're going to play each other every so often, but the one- or two-shot use of the term "rival" does not seem to meet the threshold of dubbing this a notable rivalry, per se. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:16, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nominator....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 01:05, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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