Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of greatest Jeopardy! champions


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The result of the debate was delete. -- ( drini's page &#x260E;  ) 00:00, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

List of greatest Jeopardy! champions and List of notable Jeopardy! contestants
This is listcruft whose subject doesn't even match the title; it purports to be a list of greatest players, but the article says it's notable players, which aren't the same thing. The latter is already redundant with the Category: Jeopardy! anyway. An earlier version had more information, but most of it, being inaccurate, was removed. What's left is useless. since "greatest" is somewhat subjective (by money won? Most wins? Do we account for the doubling of the values? What about those players who were kicked off after 5 games, unlike Ken?) I don't think it can be salvaged. The most important statistics are already at the Jeopardy article. -R. fiend 19:14, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't have a problem so much the title, as that this list is of little consequence. Since every person listed has their own article, this would be much better served with a category, like "Jeopardy! champions."--Esprit15d 19:23, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * This would have mild utility as a list, if it was sorted by something, such as duration on the show, or total winnings; and mentioned very breifly what's verifiably signficant about them (first to last past five days, largest single day winner, etc..). This would let people see in a glance what they can't from a category, in picking which article is of interest.  As it stands, a category does a better job.  Naturally the name needs a change also.  --Rob 22:36, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --OntarioQuizzer 22:47, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete to both articles. (just to clarify my stance). --OntarioQuizzer 23:46, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * redirect to List of notable Jeopardy! contestants. I didn't see this before.  --Rob 22:53, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I didn't see it either, and so I'm adding it to this AFD. It's the same thing, and just as pointless. Also incorrect. "including those who have won more than five consecutive times since that previous limit was repealed." It's not including all the 5+ winners, and not all included are 5+ winners, so it's also incorrect. The category and mention at the main Jeopardy article are fine. -R. fiend 23:07, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep List of notable Jeopardy! contestants and fix the wording at the top. Then, add a breif, verifiable, description of what's signficant about each person, next to their name.  --Rob 23:32, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Why not just put it in the Jeopardy! article itself? --OntarioQuizzer 04:33, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete both as lists that are irreconcilably POV, hard to maintain, and appear to have been created just for the sake of having a list, i.e. listcruft. Stifle 17:05, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per Stifle --kingboyk 19:41, 20 January 2006 (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.