Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of foreign football players in Vodafonedeildin


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 00:09, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

List of foreign football players in Vodafonedeildin

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Contested PROD; original rationale of "Unreferenced list of non-notable players" removed with comment of "em prod. This is not to say the article should stay but the reason for deletion is not sound, there are clearly notable players here. perhaps should be reproposed with proper rationale." To expand further on the PROD rationale - playing in this league does not make you notable (per WP:NFOOTBALL), and the subject of foreign players in the league is itself not notable as it has not been the subject of significant, third-party coverage. Other leagues have - but not this one. GiantSnowman 09:34, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 09:37, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Agree with the nomination, I contested the PROD due to the wording. There are notable players in the list, so the rationale was wrong and I did not feel it right that an article could be deleted with an incomplete rationale and clarification was necessary in order to ensure that the deletion procedure was robust. However, it is correct that the subject of foreign players in the Faroe Islands is not notable. Fenix down (talk) 09:42, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment If it's kept I'd suggest a rename to remove the league sponsor from the title. Funny  Pika! 14:09, 21 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete- I agree with the nomination and FunnyPika's comment as well - I initially thought this was a joke/hoax article. I see no reason for ANY of these lists - they're either going to be too big, too incomplete, poorly defined or filled with redlinks - just like this article here. The "poorly defined" comment refers to the issue of what exactly constitutes a foreign player: are they foreign if they were born in the base country but play for another country? Are they foreign if they were born abroad to one or two parents of base country, or if they hold dual nationality in a similar way? Are naturalized players still foreign? Or, as some people would say, if they were born in the country to foreign parents - does that make them foreign? In this specific example, are Danish people foreign? I know there are criteria that are set, but I still feel the need to make this point. Lukeno94 (talk) 14:20, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It's quite easy to define the criteria for inclusion in the list (and this one does). That's no reason to delete. Jogurney (talk) 15:33, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * But this list doesn't because it, like many of the other lists does not define "foreign" which is Luke's point. Fenix down (talk) 18:22, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It indicates that "foreign" is someone born outside of the Faroes and not capped by the Faroes or born in the Faroes and capped by a national team other than the Faroes. It's probably not the best possible definition, but one that is easily applied. Jogurney (talk) 20:46, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I feel the need to expand my comment a bit - we'd have to have a standardization of the definition across all of these articles, which wouldn't work - example: Northern Irish player playing in the Republic of Ireland, or England, they'd be "foreign" by this definition, but would probably not be regarded as being foreign. Also, since when is someone born in Denmark a foreigner in the Faeroe Isles? That really doesn't work. Lukeno94 (talk) 09:24, 22 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment if by any chance the article is kept, it will need renaming because the sponsored name of the league is no longer Vodafonedeildin. Another reason why article titles should always use the unsponsored name of a league..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:56, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Yet again this is just trying to do what a category can do, but then how many players have articles!! It is a lot of non-notable this time. Plus Listcraft! Govvy (talk) 12:08, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete - unlike many similar lists, I cannot find evidence that this topic has generated significant coverage in reliable sources (sufficient to pass the GNG). I disagree with most of the "delete vote" reasoning above, but I don't think we should keep this list if the topic is not notable. Jogurney (talk) 17:00, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
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