Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of real names of professional wrestlers


 * 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 Delete. —Quarl (talk) 2007-03-03 07:16Z 

List of real names of professional wrestlers

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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions. -- Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 06:51, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of wrestling-related deletions.   -- Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 06:58, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Article appears to be unnecessary listcruft (being as real names are on every single wrestler article). Also, the article itself says it may may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness as there are too many wrestlers to reasonably add to this article This creates certainty of endless cruft if article was maintained. Any cross-referencing impossible as gimmick names are listed seperately. The article, in addition, lists no references. Suriel1981 15:02, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per well-stated nomination. —Doug Bell talk 15:21, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --Hemlock Martinis 15:24, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - unnecessary list per WP:LIST. Also unsourced. Wal  ton  Vivat Regina!  16:11, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Govvy 16:52, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Wiki isn't a directory where you can look up a wrestler's birth name, nor an indiscriminate collection of information. Plus, you can find their "real names" on their respective pages.  BIGNOLE    (Question?)  (What I do)  19:27, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Davnel03 19:31, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unnecessary list; this information is (or should be) included where applicable in the individual biographical articles. 23skidoo 23:59, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. All real names of professional wrestlers already appear in the wrestlers' individual article. Hardly worth having an entire artcle devoted to it. Normy  132  04:58, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and perhaps expand. It's useful and notable information, with sources for it generally cited properly in the individual articles. It can't easily be replaced with a category, it is not too long yet, and is a lot handier that searching laboriously by hand. I'm not even sure why this is considered to be deletable material. I don't see how it violates WP:LIST. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 06:30, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I quote WP:LC - The list is [potentially] unlimited, the underlying principle is non-notable and the list is unencyclopaedic as such information is readily available at, and only suited to fansites. This is akin to having a list of characters from numerous films alongside the names of the actors who played them. Suriel1981 07:08, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. No sources whatsoever? This article is a joke. McPhail 20:05, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. A perfect example of an article for a wrestling wiki. RobJ1981 00:08, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. Pure cruft. Manager Of Champions 02:31, 2 March 2007 (UTC)


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