Talk:Illinois–Iowa rivalry

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On 20 July 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved from Illinois–Iowa men's basketball rivalry to Illinois–Iowa rivalry. The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move 20 July 2025

Latest comment: 11 months ago5 comments4 people in discussion

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Tenshi! (Talk page) 23:28, 27 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Illinois–Iowa men's basketball rivalry → Illinois–Iowa rivalry – The Illinois-Iowa rivalry has gone beyond just basketball. The rivalry is prominent in football as well. See the following sources:

https://www.thegazette.com/sports/how-penalties-apples-and-a-punch-nearly-canned-the-iowa-illinois-football-rivalry/

https://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/2011/4/15/2108810/r-i-p-here-lies-the-iowa-illinois-football-rivalry-1899-2008

https://www.thechampaignroom.com/2015/10/5/9449599/illinois-vs-iowa-big-ten-series-rivalry-trophy-game-hawkeyes-fighting-illini

https://qctimes.com/sports/college/football/iowa-hawkeyes-football-illinois-big-ten-west-game/article_1b161a2a-842a-11ee-8868-278395c86370.html

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-college-football-sports-health-iowa-d3569e7dba7041c543de9d28ce349e71

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2021/11/17/without-bielema-illini-out-to-end-no-18-iowas-dominance/

https://dailyillini.com/life_and_culture-stories/2022/12/30/illini-rivalries/

https://sports.yahoo.com/iowa-great-against-rivals-recent-195445231.html/.

Please move this page to Illinois–Iowa rivalry, migrating all the men's basketball rivalry information in the process, and create a football section on the new multi-sport rivalry page where the relevant football rivalry information can be found. 173.95.195.202 (talk) 23:11, 20 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

~~Oppose~~. In this particular case “Illinois–Iowa rivalry” sounds like a rivalry between states, not those states’ flagship college sports programs. Seems like adding the mascot names or “University of” is needed. No issue expanding the college rivalry to all sports, just don’t think this particular proposed page name is appropriate. Rikster2 (talk) 14:15, 21 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hey User:Rikster2, per WP:COMMONNAME, Wikipedia:Consistency in article titles and other college multi-sport rivalry articles such as Illinois–Indiana rivalry, Florida–Kentucky rivalry and Louisville–Memphis rivalry, using Illinois–Iowa rivalry is the appropriate move action. 2603:6080:A3F0:6AC0:9F6C:D7F5:6ECE:7E78 (talk) 16:22, 21 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

OK, personally I think that’s a poor naming convention (should probably at a minimum be “Illinois-Iowas sports rivalry” IMO) but if other comps exist then I am not going to hold it up. Support To be honest I think Wikipedia gets wrapped around the axle around much stupider shit, but I have stopped getting worked up about it. Rikster2 (talk) 16:36, 21 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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