Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of cyclists (2nd nomination)


 * 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   keep. Please use the list's talk page for any further discussion about renaming or converting to a list of lists. postdlf (talk) 16:33, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

List of cyclists
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Has no criteria. If it is ever complete it would be too big. BaldBoris 09:56, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - Seems like the criteria is that the cyclists listed there are notable, per the plethora of blue links to Wikipedia articles. This list satisfies WP:LISTPURP. Northamerica1000(talk) 10:27, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment - I've updated the article's criteria by rewriting to: "This is a list of notable cyclists." Northamerica1000(talk) 10:30, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. But improve by evolving some criteria, and also use as source for sub-lists based on other criteria, as necessary. 'Wiki article' would be a valid initial criteria. Note - it is not the function of today's editors to decide that we will strangle an article at birth because If it is ever complete [it] would be too big. Such responsibility should fall to future custodians when it does become too big. Chienlit (talk) 10:39, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment - this article name is insanely misleading. I'm a cyclist, so technically I should be there. This needs splitting into the various disciplines, otherwise even with a revised name, it will be approximately the size of China. Lukeno94 (talk) 12:09, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment - It was created over 7 years ago and there hasn't been an agreed criteria for being a notable cyclist, it's just slowly been added to. Lists of cyclists should be split into nationality... By deleted this list nothing will be lost. Maybe moved to "Lists of cyclists", which would link to the articles in Category:Lists of cyclists. Also it should be renamed "List of road racing cyclists‎", see Category:Cyclists by discipline. BaldBoris 13:33, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep with editing and move to List of bicycle racers or List of competitive cyclists. A list of notable professional and amateur cyclists who competed in road and track races (possibly divided by discipline) is a good thing. And most of the names seem to be notable cycle racers. On the other hand hand, leaving in bicycle makers and anyone else who's ever got on a bike (I half-expected to find David Cameron in there somewhere) is just too vague to belong in one article. --Colapeninsula (talk) 14:45, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep At 7K the list is nothing like too big and even if it does grow to be large this is not a problem because Wikipedia is not paper. Warden (talk) 18:36, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep The list itself is incredibly useful. The question is more whether some of the individuals are worthy of notability.  I'm in favor of keeping, but editing its contents.Kabirat (talk) 15:21, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
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