Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of left-handed sportspeople


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The result was   delete, with no prejudice towards creating such lists where left-handedness is relevant (e.g. boxers or pitchers). Jayjg (talk) 04:36, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

List of left-handed sportspeople

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While in some cases like baseball handedness is relevant, this is an inappropriate way to convey that. With about 10% of all people being left-handed, this is a completely indiscriminate list. Reywas92 Talk 03:50, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Too broad of a criteria for encyclopedic discussion of the contents of the list, per WP:SALAT. Being lefthanded may be discussed in the articles of these people, but there's no notable tying factor between left-handed players of different sports. It may be notable in baseball, but in Association Football/Soccer, who cares?  Them From  Space  05:27, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per Themfromspace. WAAAAAAAAAY too broad. Maybe a category instead?  smithers  - talk  -  sign!  06:59, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep but only include those sports where handedness is relevant, such as boxing and baseball. Polarpanda (talk) 11:16, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete This is what's meant by the term "indiscriminate list". I'm surprised it's been here since June 2008.  There's very little here to describe any of these people, just a big mess of blue links and an occasional comment or two.  Left-handed athletes are the minority in all sports, but as with any fraction of thousands and thousands of people, there are thousands of them.  Mandsford (talk) 03:33, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Overly broad. MKFI (talk) 12:11, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep Per this discussion. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:43, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd just like to complain bitterly about the deletion of list of left-handed boxers along with this page. Polarpanda (talk) 17:55, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - not useful or informative as a list. Sublists for certain sports might be acceptable - e.g. List of left-handed baseball players, or List of left-handed boxers - but a general list like this just encourages people to add sports players whose left-handedness makes absolutely no difference to their sport. This actually worked better as a category. Robofish (talk) 01:09, 17 December 2009 (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.