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The result was redirect to Ohio Cup. Per merge completed MBisanz ^talk 04:20, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Ohio (MLB) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

• It is proposed that this article be deleted because of the following concern: Notability of the "Battle of Ohio" or the series unexplained, could simply be merged into team or season article (was prodded at 05:55, 6 March 2009 by User:Mosmof, changed to AfD by Anthony Appleyard (talk) 07:25, 6 March 2009 (UTC))[reply]
• Some sort of page is needed for this name, for people who read about a "Battle of Ohio" and wonder what it was and think that the name means a military or riotsquad battle. There are people who know little or nothing about USA baseball. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 07:25, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Baseball-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 09:50, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Not a notable rivalry.. Spanneraol (talk) 22:53, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• A redirect to Ohio Cup is a possibility. - Eureka Lott 02:32, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with Ohio Cup. This article basically covers the ground that the two existing Ohio Cup articles should. Rlendog (talk) 21:32, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Ohio Cup articles cover 1989-1996 and 2008-present, but omit the intervening years described in the nominated article. - Eureka Lott 13:59, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • But that article could be expanded to cover the intervening years. Rlendog (talk) 01:27, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with Ohio Cup. §hep^Talk 00:26, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Question - For the "merge" recommendations - what exactly would be merged into the Ohio Cup article, other than that, yes, the two teams did in fact play each other? The reason I tagged this with PROD was because there really wasn't any particularly notable information beyond what was already covered with Ohio Cup. --Mosmof (talk) 01:56, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Right now there are two Ohio Cup articles, one covering the period through 1996 and the other starting in 2008. This article covers mostly the years in between. The three could be combined into a single Ohio Cup article (even though technically the 1997-2007 wasn't technically an "Ohio Cup", it would make sense to cover the competition between the two teams duing the intervening years within that article, explaining that the cup was suspended in those years).Rlendog (talk) 02:14, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• If the Battle of Ohio (MLB) annual series of baseball matches is going to continue alongside the revived Ohio Cup (2008-Present) series, there is less point in merging. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:43, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• I have merged Ohio Cup (1989-1996) and Ohio Cup (2008-Present) to Ohio Cup, which was a disambig before. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:43, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• I have also merged Battle of Ohio (MLB) to Ohio Cup, but left page Battle of Ohio (MLB) as it was. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 00:10, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.