Talk:Arsenal and Chelsea footballing rivalry

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[edit] Removal of statistics

I'm sorry but this has been ridiculous so far...How many pages of club's statistics can anyone find throughout the wikipedia? Thousands. How many articles about derbies include lists of matches and statistics? Many as well. So, what's the problem with this particular article? - Sthenel (talk) 22:20, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

As stated in official policy, Wikipedia is not a list of statistics. Argying that other stuff exists is not valid as a standalone argument for inclusion. As the consensus at the deletion discussion for the standalone article showed, that level of detail is not suitable for Wikipedia, and there are resources such as Soccerbase which already do cover this. A summary is enough here. Qwghlm (talk) 22:43, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

A list of past matches for a derby seems quite important. Including the league matches doesn't make it confusing (this is what an article should not be) and in so many derby-articles no problem has been found in this case. - Sthenel (talk) 13:16, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I never said it was confusing, I said it was unnecessary, and I am not the only one who thinks this. Qwghlm (talk) 14:53, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notable?

Is this rivalry really that notable? I mean, I know the two teams are regularly in direct competition for the league title these days, but are they actually rivals? They're not from the same part of London, and games between the two are never really as heated as matches between Arsenal and Spurs or Newcastle and Sunderland, for example. – PeeJay 20:12, 6 May 2008 (UTC)