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Lists of transactions by general managers
Hi! I've been thinking on your attempts to add lists of transactions by Burke, Nieuwendyk and others on their articles, and while the idea has merit, I wanted to explain why I reverted the addition. The most significant reason for me is POV concerns. We should not be using our own judgement to say what a "notable trade" is. (and even if we were, there is no way Jiri Tlusty for Phillipe Paradais would qualify). The notable deals (i.e.: the Kessel trade) will be discussed heavily in the media - and therefore, is something we should be listing in prose. My second concern is the risk of placing undue weight within the article. A list of this type would quickly become a list of all trades, and completely overwhelm the rest of an article.

However, I think there is merit to your general idea. I am not at all certain if something like List of trades by Brian Burke would survive an articles for deletion discussion here on Wikipedia, but I think there is definitely a place to compile such lists on the ice hockey wikia, and then place a link to the wikia article in the external links section of the articles here. Just some food for thought, and I welcome you to join us at the hockey project here on Wikipedia to discuss the merits of these lists, or other topics. Cheers! Resolute 23:13, 13 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for your generous response. My main reasoning behind wanting to add a list of player trades to NHL general managers' pages was simply that I often find myself just wanting that list for my own convenience. It's easy to search and find a list of trades by NHL team but it's rare to see it be specific to NHL GMs. You made great points considering that a "notable" trade is something that's subjectively determined, and high profile trades like the Kessel trade will be mentioned elsewhere in the article. I think I will take your advice to compile lists for each GMs on the ice hockey wikia and point to them on the wikipedia pages. Thanks again! Rrubenking (talk) 06:04, 14 January 2013 (UTC)