Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glory hunter


 * 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 was   delete. Tone 19:43, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Glory hunter

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If you cut out all the WP:OR, and content that belongs on the sports page of a tabloid newspaper (which club has glory hunter fans this season), all this article's content boils down to one specific application of a very old word which has the general meaning "someone who takes part in an activity in order to share in the glory." Its application to someone taking part in a football fan activity is no more notable than its use elsewhere (eg referring to a military activity, angling, falsifying claims of heroic behaviour , in industry and commerce , in charity activities . The list is long - you get the point.  All this warrants is a sidenote in the dictionary. Elen of the Roads (talk) 13:04, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Disagree. Colloquial use of the term has meant that it has become synonomous with football. The page is an excellent addition to wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.222.215.152 (talk) 21:08, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Did you mean to mark this keep? I would have thought the half dozen sources I provided in the nomination were conclusive evidence that the term is 'not synonymous with football.  Do you want another half dozen - General Custer's nickname "Glory Hunter" referenced in a song by the band Armored Saint, "glory hunter" used for a gold miner or panner, the term used as a name by a hacker with a penchant for the social networking sites of the rich and famous.  Here's a military example from wwII - from a first hand account .  Should I start on dictionaries next?


 * On the talk page, someone previously recommended redirection to Fairweather fan but MHO the two terms do not mean the same thing. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 13:14, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I suggest reading Articles for deletion/Bandwagon fan at this point. Uncle G (talk) 14:39, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Uncle G, if you want to redirect this article to Bandwagon fan, be my guest. Do we need a consensus that the two terms mean the same thing though?Elen of the Roads (talk) 15:14, 17 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete Does not warrant article Arma virumque cano (talk) 16:22, 17 May 2009 (UTC) This user has since been blocked as a sockpuppet. - ALLST✰R ▼ echo wuz here @ 19:29, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This user's primarily contributions to Wikipedia have been to !vote (primarily delete) on dozens of AfDs approximately 1 minute apart from each other. See AN thread --ThaddeusB (talk) 19:07, 23 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete Just to confirm, while I'm not sure what Uncle G was getting at, it wasn't that 'glory hunter' is the same as bandwagon fan. It isn't the same as fairweather fan either.  It isn't synonymous with football (whatever that means), and a glance at the sporting press indicates both that it is used of other sports and that even in soccer it has three differnt meanings  - fans who follow a very famous team they have never actively supported (Man U supporters in India), UK fans who change allegiance according to the team's fortunes, and footballers who are not team players but only in it for themself (similar meaning to the military meaning).  Strip out the ever changing content about which team is suffering from glory hunters this season, and all that is left is a subset of the dictionary definition.Elen of the Roads (talk) 12:19, 23 May 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.