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The result was keep. ( non-admin closure)  ^B E _C K ^Y _S A ^{Y L} E _S  00:40, 14 January 2015 (UTC) reply

Cross-border derby

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A lot of WP:OR used here, written in a local context.. what about outside of the UK? Fails WP:NOTSTATS too JMHamo ( talk) 19:58, 6 January 2015 (UTC) reply

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• Weak keep - there has been coverage, so probably scrapes WP:GNG, see The Independent, Daily Post, BBC (among others) - the article just happens to be in awful state, currently violates WP:NOTSTATS and as the nom says is full of WP:OR. It needs improving, not deleting. Giant Snowman 20:31, 6 January 2015 (UTC) reply

@ GiantSnowman: What is your opinion on the title of this article? Have you any suggestions for renaming it? JMHamo ( talk) 20:54, 6 January 2015 (UTC) reply

@ JMHamo: that's a matter for WP:RM, not AFD - however a Google search for "Cross-border derby" does perhaps show that to be the COMMONNAME. Giant Snowman 13:01, 7 January 2015 (UTC) reply

• Keep Notable derby between two professional clubs, most games of which have been played in a fully-professional league. The most recent derby attracted a decent amount of coverage due to it being a "bubble match" (e.g. When Saturday Comes and plenty more here). Number 5 7 21:30, 6 January 2015 (UTC) reply
• Weak keep - per GS, needs sourced prose adding to it, but this does seem to be a rivalry for which significant non- routine coverage exists. I would suggest that a lot of the stats / line ups and the like could go though. Fenix down ( talk) 17:23, 7 January 2015 (UTC) reply

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