Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of sportspeople by nickname (2nd nomination)


 * 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   Keep (non-admin closure), as notability is confirmed. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:09, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

List of sportspeople by nickname
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Was Speedy Deleted last July, BLP concerns. To me, it looks like an indiscrimiate list. A lot of the article is unreferenced, and parts may be concerned trivia, as it is someone's nickname, which may not be notable for an encyclopedia. D.M.N. (talk) 17:48, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Nicknames are obviously notable. 'Magic' Johnson. 'Rocket' Ronnie. etc etc. Reference concerns for individual entries should be treated in the normal way, which is not Afd. As for this being an 'indiscriminate list', that's just nonsense. MickMacNee (talk) 19:02, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Very valuable, indeed the field of sports is one in which the use of knicknames is quite widespread, so this article serves as a good reference. TheWP:INDISCRIMINATE guidelines only quotes FAQs, plot summaries, lyrics, stats and news reports, little to do with the aim of this article. Mrbluesky (talk) 19:34, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. I'm (slowly) adding cites for the various nicknames in the article one section at a time (I'm starting with the various tennis nicks), and intend to blank each section of unreferenced stuff once I'm done. But I do believe the list should stay once fully referenced. Tabercil (talk) 20:06, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. This list could easily become unmanageable. For some sections we might be better off with the converse of this list, e.g. List of professional wrestlers without nicknames. Pburka (talk) 00:14, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. But in the original alphabetical format, as in this current format, separate lists for different sporting disciplines do exist. therefore it makes an easy target for AfD. Jay Pegg (talk) 00:41, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. These nicknames are notable. The only problem is that the list is not sourced. -- Rab bethan  14:10, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 00:28, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 00:28, 20 May 2008 (UTC)


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