Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gay Premiership footballers in the News of the World


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.  

The result of the debate was delete. Mailer Diablo 00:22, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Gay Premiership footballers in the News of the World
Non-encyclopedic article about newspaper article about non-notable event. Was prodded, tag deleted without comment. Weregerbil 01:14, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Doesn't seem, in itself, notable. Bobby1011 01:25, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - are we to have articles about everything that pops up in the scandal sheets? Alleged "Gay footballers" aren't even mentioned as there's apparently an injunction out against the "paper". Camillus (talk) 01:43, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as useless. --Aaron 01:54, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: Non-notable. --Hetar 02:05, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Suggestion How about a move to Wikinews? Bobby1011 03:13, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete is rumorcruft a word????Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:47, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * It is now! Delete as rumourcruft.  ergot 16:21, 24 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete; WP:NOT a media-monitor blog. Daniel Case 04:16, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete; ditto - this isn't even a notable news story -what effect does the sexuality of footballers have on the world?. --Notjarvis 12:38, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable, nonsense. Enough of all this rumours. --Ter e nce Ong 13:00, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Unproven tabloid gossip about persons unknown does not belong here. Calsicol 13:09, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable tabloid gossip.  (aeropagitica)   13:59, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete nn. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  15:00, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOT Compu  te  r  Jo  e  21:30, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete something for the tabloids -- † Ðy§ep§ion † Speak your mind 00:05, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as rather useless and unecyclopedic. CaveatLector 00:45, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. There may be a worthy article behind this, but this one is too specific and not useful. Grandmasterka 05:19, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Looks like gossip, but also too ultra-specific to be of use. --SpencerTC 22:27, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not for gossip pages, reprinting random newspaper gossip columns, and idle speculation about the sexual orientation of anybody. --Wingsandsword 04:00, 1 March 2006 (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.