Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iran–South Korea football rivalry

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The result was delete. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:05, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Iran–South Korea football rivalry

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Fails WP:GNG. A quick before shows the article is riddled with unreliable sources, and primary sources. The article literally has only five sources, the first one is dead (teammelli.com), the second one is a random totally unreliable website (taegukwarriors.com), the third source is a 2013 archive of FIFA itself, the fourth source (CNN) and fifth source (espn.in) doesn't talk about any rivalry between Iran and South Korea. Google results showed up routine coverage from a few sports sites. If anyone can uncover some significant, and or in-depth coverage to satisfy GNG, I would be happy to withdraw. TatesTopG (talk) 17:57, 28 November 2022

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Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Football, South Korea, and Iran. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:18, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:48, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - probably delete The article title is completely miss-leading, this is just a head to head stats page. WP:NOSTATS apply. Govvy (talk) 22:46, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:NRIVALRY.LibStar (talk) 23:05, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete not a notable rivalry, only source in the article that uses the term is a primary source [1]. Fails WP:NRIVALRY, and is just a head-to-head stats lists, which isn't needed. Joseph2302 (talk) 08:59, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:NRIVALRY. This reads more as a list of results between the two national teams, but also fails WP:NLIST. — Jkudlick ⚓ (talk) 22:52, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Adding these kinds of "rivalries" to Wikipedia would litter it with content that belongs more in a forum. Fad Ariff (talk) 12:57, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - not a rivalry, certainly not notable. Giant Snowman 19:40, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - zero background information according to what, who and why is this match a rivalry, its a made-up "rivalry" just because they played a couple of important matches in the past; the article is also basically just a list of head-to-head matches and nothing else, thus failing both WP:NSTATS and WP:NRIVALRY. Its true that the FIFA source (#3 in the article) calls it "the two sides have developed one of Asia's greatest rivalries", but its based solely on many matches played. Snowflake91 (talk) 11:29, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete not a notable subject Bruxton (talk) 16:10, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
‘’’Delete’’’ topic lacks both notability and sources. 2600:4040:90C5:8000:B11F:818B:48F1:A0FD (talk) 01:25, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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