Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of celebrity supporters of AFL clubs


 * 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 - Yomangani talk 11:19, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

List of celebrity supporters of AFL clubs
This page is an unsourced mess, with 8 citations and 255 supporters, 27 redlinks and a huge amount of people that I have never even heard of. This is the sort of article that critics use to attack Wikipedia's credibility.  J o r c o g a  00:35, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions.   -- Bduke 00:58, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. The people listed mostly have WP articles so they are notable. It may interest some people. --Bduke 00:58, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. I have removed non-notable people from the article. However, this seems to be a random collection of facts although verified supporters could be added to individual articles if deemed necessary. For example, Eddie McGuire is Club President at Collingwood and an influential figure in the history of that club apart from other claims to fame. Others people listed are less credible such as Condoleezza Rice (Adelaide Crows), Jerry Lewis (Brisbane Lions), Mischa Barton (Carlton), Rob Lowe (Collingwood), Samuel L. Jackson (Essendon), Andre Agassi (Port Adelaide) and Fernando Alonso (Western Bulldogs). It needs tighter verification if it is to stay. Capitalistroadster 01:18, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep and allow a longer length of time (a few months) in order to find appropriate references for each person on the list. -- Chuq 01:26, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Indiscriminate list. That many people on this list are notable themselves does not confirm notability on this list. Resolute 04:48, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge into the individual club articles. JROBBO 07:23, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, Wikipedia is not a gossip magazine. Punkmorten 10:15, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete for similar reasons to those raised in Articles for deletion/List of Arsenal F.C. Supporters. A prime example of an indiscriminate collection of information. Oldelpaso 17:26, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, I agree with Bduke.Noroton 00:39, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. Having lived in both Australia and the UK, I think there is a bigger deal about having notable supporters of AFL Clubs than there is about Arsenal supporters. This comes from both the notable people who support a Club, openly and frequently stating that they do, and from the Clubs themselves. This list may be more notable than editors from other countries realise. Not sure whether I can find a cite for this, though. --Bduke 01:08, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge per JROBBO. P.B. Pilh  e  t  /  Talk  03:02, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete -- unless list entries can be supported by valid references. -- Longhair\talk 10:45, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete I'd feel the same way if it were American Football League celebrity supporters. Football (soccor) is notable on its own.  Celebrities, if notable, are notable on their own, not because they support football.  This is exactly the type of list that adds nothing, unlike more structured lists.  Entries like the red-ink ones under the Melbourne Football Club listring give away the fact that much of this is vanity or promotion of non-notability.  To the extent that material is relevant and notable then it should be in the respective articles.  For example, if the fact that Adam Gilchrist attends occasional football games of the Carlton Football Club with his son is notable, namely is an important part of his life, why is it not mentioned in his article?  The answer is that it is a non-notable fact, mostly if not entirely irrelevant to his life.  Similarly with respect to the Carlton Football Club, the fact that Adam Gilchrist occasionally attends a game with his son is not a notable part of what the Carlton Football Club is about.  Think about it.  Bejnar 15:12, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment This isn't a soccer league. It's Australian rules football.  J o r c o g α  07:16, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete AFLcruft. Lankiveil 13:56, 23 October 2006 (UTC).
 * Delete not a defining characteristic of any of these people, if it were, put it in their biographies, many of which don't exist (yet). Carlossuarez46 21:57, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete totally unverified and on the fring of notability,  Tewfik Talk 00:51, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. If we got sections like New_York_Yankees, Detroit_Tigers, San_Francisco_Giants, we should keep this list (even if we are not in Australia).-- User:Docu
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