Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of basketball players


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The result was   delete. Wizardman 05:52, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

List of basketball players

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Incomplete and doesn't have any sort of specification as to who is included. Mm40|Talk|Sign|Review 17:34, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Delete Pure listcruft. -Seidenstud (talk) 18:38, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * What a weird article. Apparently this started as a list of famous basketball players who did not play in the NBA and has devolved into its current useless state. I suggest turning it into a disambig page... we have several lists people might be looking for: List of National Basketball Association players, List of foreign NBA players, List of Women's National Basketball Association players etc. --Rividian (talk) 18:50, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. No criteria, could contain thousands of names, no verification possible, etc. As noted above there are already specific lists out there that cover most of the criteria anyway. 23skidoo (talk) 18:52, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete The most useless article I have ever seen. There are way too many basketball players to name in one list. --Adoniscik(t, c) 20:41, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Turn into dab per Rividian. —Quasirandom (talk) 21:00, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete hopelessly incomplete. A dab might be okay, too. Editorofthewikireview my edits here! 22:32, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Turn into dab for the other lists of basketball players as a likely search term. No reason to put a hole in our lists system, but an individual list of all basketball players is impossible; this should be a place that references the other, more individually manageable lists.  Celarnor Talk to me  00:24, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Turn into a list of lists, which is not the same as a dab page and should not be tagged as such. I have picked my nit for today. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:37, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete No criteria given for inclusion. List (thankfully) does not come close to being comprehensive. GaryColemanFan (talk) 00:15, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 15:16, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 15:16, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. No context. I'm not sure that the dab page suggestion can be executed in a manner consistent with naming and disambiguation policies of Wikipedia. B.Wind (talk) 05:49, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and Turn into a list of list, which include list of basketball players by nationality, by league, by club... Check List of people. Eklipse (talk) 07:50, 8 May 2008 (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.