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The result was DELETE (POV[?] fork of an existing article) - I'll keep a copy of it at Talk:Tyne-Wear derby/History of the Tyne-Wear Derby for a week or so, so that merging anything usefull is possible. - Nabla 21:20, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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To start with, there's no article called "Tyne-Wear Derby", nor does the article define what this might be (it appears to mean the football rivalry between Newcastle United F.C. and Sunderland A.F.C.). The sources quoted mention a generic rivalry between the cities in passing, and from this weak basis a "derby" between the two neighbouring cities is hypothesized. It thus violates WP:NOR#Synthesis of published material serving to advance a position. Note that I have also proposed the deletion of the similar Tyne-Wear rivalry. ProhibitOnions ^(T) 13:08, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete An article Tyne-Wear derby does exist (it's a real term used in UK media football coverage [1]). But this is not its history, and appears to be OR using sources to bolster an original analysis of the origins of Tyne-Wear rivalry. Gordonofcartoon 17:27, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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