Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of second generation National Football League players


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The result was   keep. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 23:14, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

List of second generation National Football League players

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Unsourced list with arbitrary distinction for inclusion Tomdobb (talk) 14:54, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - First, I would not use the word “Arbitrary”, in that a requirement for the list is that their father played. That makes the list just the opposite.  Second, in that the players listed on the page will have qualified for inclusion here at Wikipedia under athlete their inclusion on this page does not contradicted any policies or procedures.  Finally, I believe the list could be both informative and helpful.  Thanks ShoesssS Talk 15:06, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The distinction itself is not arbitrary, but the reason for making it is. Why not make a list of siblings who played in the NFL? or players coached by their fathers? or second generation coaches? In the end, it's just a list of relatives distinguished only by the fact that they played in the NFL. Tomdobb (talk) 15:16, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment – To be honest, they all sound like great ideas, and I would express a Keep opinion, based on my rational above, for each and every one :-). Thanks.  ShoesssS Talk 17:38, 7 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep - It's full of similar lists for many other sports... both useful and interesting. --necronudist (talk) 17:21, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions.  -- kelapstick (talk) 15:33, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. People who play in the NFL are pretty rare and inherently notable. Having a son also play in the NFL is exceedingly rare and even more notable. Tomdobb's suggested lists seem like good ideas to me, but perhaps combined with this one as a single list. Maybe Category:NFL Fathers and Sons or somesuch would suit better. &mdash;Wrathchild (talk) 17:22, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and reformat to List of family relations in the National Football League. A similar article for the NHL is a featured list (though quite unwieldy), and I see no reason why a football list couldn't reach the same level.  The page definitely needs to be overhauled, but it's no reason to wipe it out.  To quote Linus, "it just needs a little love". Anthony Hit me up... 17:43, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, per Shoessss. Cbl62 (talk) 01:37, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment/NV -- I created this list, in conjunction with List of second generation Major League Baseball players, to be just as described. That list has been better attended to, but they were created for the same reason. -- Grev (talk) 06:37, 12 May 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.