Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1978 African Cup of Nations (squads)


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The result was   keep.  MBisanz  talk 23:11, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

1978 African Cup of Nations (squads)

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As per Articles for deletion/2003 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship Squads and Articles for deletion/Bandy World Championship 2007 squad lists this is a non-notable grouping. Delete per Wikipedia:NOT#STATS Benefix (talk) 18:01, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong delete, Wikipedia is not a sports almanack. Stifle (talk) 19:14, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.  -- &mdash; LinguistAtLarge • Talk  19:16, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Now I know I shouldn't resort to WP:WAX, but we have squad lists for every FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Football Championship, so why not for the African Cup of Nations. – PeeJay 00:07, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * we already have ACN squad lists for most other ACN tournaments - 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008, although with "xxxx African Cup of Nations (squads)" and "xxxx African Cup of Nations squads" and "xxxx Africa Cup of Nations squads" some naming convention might be applied-- Club Oranje T 07:06, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per PeeJay. GiantSnowman 00:09, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. GiantSnowman 00:10, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Wikipedia is a sports almanac, per the first pillar and lists such as this have grown to featured list status, such as 2007 Cricket World Cup squads. Those other two articles mentioned should probably be taken to WP:DRV.  Neier (talk) 06:49, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The first pillar doesn't mention it's a sports almanac, also the Cricket World Cup is the biggest Cricket tournament in the world, a list of rosters there is a must. Secret account 14:03, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep as factual verifiable record of participation and per above. Information like this has in the past been included in the tournament page and in most cases been broken out to separate squad page to keep tournament page to manageable size. Significantly important tournament in scheme of world football to argue interest.-- Club Oranje T 07:06, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep highly notable tournament. --Shakehandsman (talk) 02:23, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * This isn't about a tournament, it's about the squads of the tournament. I guess it might be notable enough soccer tournament for it's own split-off page for it's roster, unlike the other two tournaments which most of the players aren't notable. Weakish Keep but cleanup. Secret account 14:03, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep As above about WP:WAX. Why pick on the ACN when two other large international football tournaments recieve the same treatment? World Cup and  UEFA EFC (which hasn't been going as long as the ACN) both have lists of squads and are very useful provided they are full of information. If we start deleting ACN we might as well start deleting  EFC while we are at it, especially considering the example I gave only had 4 teams competing.  Uksam88 (talk) 20:33, 26 February 2009 (UTC)


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