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The result was keep. Courcelles 19:45, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Auburn-Florida football rivalry[edit]

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This doesn't appear to meet the notability guidelines. I think it should be deleted or merged. Nathan2055 ^talk^-^review 20:09, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 01:13, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The article could certainly use some serious reformatting to make it cleaner and easier to read, but the content is certainly notable enough for inclusion. The rivalry was only strengthened and has become more notable in recent years due to the transfer of quarterback Cam Newton from Florida to Auburn, where he won a national championship. Jeick (talk) 20:27, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The article does need updating, and I am in the process of doing that. I have already added a year-by-year game history and intend to make additional contributions/editions in the near future to increase the quality of the article. If there are any specific areas of concern I am interested in hearing them. The Auburn-Florida rivalry is a long and important one, like the Iron Bowl (Alabama-Auburn) and the Cocktail Party (Florida-Georgia), and like those rivalries, it deserves it's own page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rgessner (talk • contribs) 08:00, 14 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This article needs all sorts of work, but that has absolutely nothing to do with the subject game's inherent notability per WP:N. A simple search of Google News Archive starting in October 1912 reveals an amazing wealth of news coverage of this recurring rivalry game [1] (well over 700 separate news articles found in GNA alone). I'm afraid that this AfD nomination is more indicative of the nominating editor's inexperience than the actual notability of the article's subject. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:03, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Per all reasons stated above by Jeick, Rgessner, and Dirtlawyer1. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:20, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Cleanup is an editing issue, not a deletion issue.--Paul McDonald (talk) 02:33, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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