Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of international goals scored by Wayne Rooney


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The result was Snow Keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 23:02, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

List of international goals scored by Wayne Rooney

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Fails WP:NFOOTBALL and page of such type is not needed here. NextGenSam619t@lk 15:11, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep seems like a pointed nomination considering all the other lists of such types haven't been nominated. The fact that Rooney's international goals are subject to extensive scrutiny and discussion about him reaching the Charlton milestone inevitably within the next few matches has resulted in masses of articles on this very subject, it seems perfectly appropriate to have an article dedicated to the goals in question. According to prior discussion, it would also be inappropriate to cleave this with the bio article, so this seems to be the best of both worlds.  Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:09, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:56, 14 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep WP:NFOOTBALL doesn't seem to say anything about this sort of list, unless I'm misreading it? It is exclusively about players and managers. If we based all football related articles on that, we need to delete List of FIFA World Cup finals and pretty much all other lists. Irrespective of that, this list previously existed in the parent article, but given the length of the parent article, and the fact that Rooney's international goals are subject to significant coverage in reliable sources, the criteria for a standalone list are met sufficiently. Harrias talk 16:09, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep WP:NFOOTBALL has no relevance to this, it describes how a bio of a player would be auto considered to pass WP:GNG. Rooney's goals would in my opinion pass GNG as there is wide independant coverage including analysis and a lot of coverage of the subject in general, including whether he will be England's all-time high scorer. Paul    Bradbury  16:13, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - these kind of articles are not inherently notable, however Rooney's goalscoring exploits on the international stage have received significant coverage, and the topic meets GNG. GiantSnowman 16:27, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - There is clear notability to the number of goals he's scored for England, such that it has received significant coverage. Furthermore, there is clear precedent for other articles of this type, e.g. lists of five-wicket hauls and centuries in cricket. – PeeJay 17:27, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep There should be more articles like this anyways for top players. SOXROX (talk) 19:22, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Particularly when they're of such a high quality.... The Rambling Man (talk) 19:23, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep: As with PeeJay on the leading players in other sports being afforded such articles. Rooney is joint second top scorer for one of the world's two oldest international teams, a team who have won the World Cup and regularly rank top 10 in the world. &#39;&#39;&#39;tAD&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 20:19, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep per above and passes WP:GNG.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 22:49, 14 August 2015 (UTC)


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