User talk:Grum0613

Proposed deletion of List of shared franchise names in North American professional sports
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article List of shared franchise names in North American professional sports, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process
 * I can't work out whether this is notable or not. It is confused, poorly laid out, badly drafted and asserts no notability.  In order to have a place here there must be substantial work done to claim its place here.

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because, even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 20:06, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

I know you are working hard at this
please can I suggest something: that you take a pause in editing List of shared franchise names in North American professional sports, and spend a while reading this essay:

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When you've read it you may be far better equipped to turn your list into an article that is truly encyclopaedic.

You don't have to agree with me. Of course you don't. I'm just watching you work hard and fear you may be working in vain, and hoping that this essay will help you. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 22:23, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

A work in progress (List of shared franchise names in North American professional sports)
I understand the design of the wiki, and my hope is to build up the information here with all the links to the proper wiki articles. I was modeling it after other "list" pages that seem to be accepted at this time, like List of nicknames for sports clubs and stadiums, and (I think) I'm following the guidelines found here. Obviously it is an information list, and I have a lead paragraph, it's organized (alphabetical), linked to by another page (Portal:Lists of topics), neutral point of view (can't see how it would be otherwise), referenced (in the process of providing links to all the teams listed) and I even added the "expand list" request at the bottom.

After completing the all the links (or someone else doing so, as can happen), what else would I need to do to make it wiki-okay? Grum0613 (talk) 23:21, 25 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I suggest you ask this question by using helpme on this page in this section. I find the list as set out really hard to understand, and I can't see its purpose, so I am probably not the guy to ask.  Fiddle Faddle (talk) 23:25, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Nomination of List of shared franchise names in North American professional sports for deletion
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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished. Boleyn (talk) 14:30, 4 May 2024 (UTC)