Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Canadian soccer players with multiple nationalities


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 04:51, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Canadian soccer players with multiple nationalities and List of Asian footballers with foreign heritage

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This list of players is unreferenced, indiscriminate, and obsolete as a long-established (and fully referenced) article already exists at List of football players with dual nationality. GiantSnowman 03:16, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I am also nominating the following article for deletion for the same reason:
 * . GiantSnowman 03:19, 8 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. GiantSnowman 03:18, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge Technically, the nomination is slightly faulty. While there is a list about dual nationalities, the discussed title could potentially contain people with triple or quadruple nationalities if they exist (which the current title doesn't account for). Either way, I think it is reasonable to keep this as a redirect for people who search using 'multiple' instead of 'dual' regardless of whether the ponderings I made above are proven true. -Mgm|(talk) 10:42, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment even the established article is titled 'dual nationalities', it does allow for an infinite number of secondary nationalities. Regards, GiantSnowman 14:00, 8 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment Other crap exists, to be sure, but even crap has to meet minimum standards. The problem that I see with both of these articles is (a) a lack of any sourcing (b) unclear what the criteria are for inclusion (c) indiscriminate lists.  In the Canadian article, there is a long list of sixty  "Players who plays for Canada"-- are there any Canadian born players on the Canadian national team?  Are there that many people on the bench while 11 men are on the field playing for Canada?  Then there's "Canadian with Dual nationalities by descent" with a lot of names (many many of them Italian), but not a clue as to which team they may play for.  What does dual nationality by descent mean?  If your name is Kevin and you have an Italian surname, does that mean that you're a citizen of Italy?  The other list has players who are either "1/1" or "1/2" foreign, with no clue as to whether they're on the national team, or playing for a top division club.  Does 1/1 mean that you're not a citizen, or does it mean that your parents are from another country?  If you're 1/2 Brazilian, like Marcus Tulio Tanaka, does that mean that you have dual Japanese-Brazilian citizenship, or that Dad was from Brazil?  Both of these lists are a mess, and I have my doubts that they can be fixed, based on the amount of work it would take. Mandsford (talk) 15:27, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * What I would really like to see would be a team made up of Canadian soccer players with multiple personalities -- like a goalie who suddenly says "Wait a second! How did I get here?". Mandsford (talk) 15:28, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. – PeeJay 19:10, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. - DeMoN 2009  19:40, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. - Uksam88 (talk) 15:24, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton Tropical  Cyclone  00:16, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Govvy (talk) 20:49, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.