Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of teams sponsored by Nike


 * 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 of the debate was DELETE. Homey 18:57, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

List of teams sponsored by Nike
I believe this list violates policy. See this similar AfD and this one also. Pretty much listcruft. EdGl 01:22, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. DVD+ R/W 01:28, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom-- ☆ TBC ☆ (aka Tree Biting Conspiracy) 02:43, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. If we're throwing out Adidas, we've got to throw out Nike too. --JChap 03:08, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. &mdash; Khoikhoi 04:46, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --Ter e nce Ong 09:17, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per (soon to be) precedent Ydam 10:17, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Kevin 10:28, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Crazynas 12:07, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, another useless list. J I P  | Talk 15:05, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom. -- Andy123 candy?  15:49, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete looks too much like an advert. Athenaeum 17:56, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete useless listcruft. Arkyan 21:19, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Guinnog 23:23, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia. :) Dlohcierekim 13:56, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. No place in an encyclopdia for this.   lowercase  18:11, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. [Question: can anyone vote here? If so I want to] Anyway if you actually read the policy that you say this list violates, and I quote:
 * Lists of Frequently Asked Questions. Wikipedia articles should not list FAQs. Instead, format the information provided as neutral prose within the appropriate article(s). You may want to consider contributing FAQ lists to Wikibooks.
 * Lists or repositories of loosely associated topics such as quotations, aphorisms, or persons. If you want to enter lists of quotations, put them into our sister project Wikiquote. Of course, there is nothing wrong with having lists if their entries are famous because they are associated with or significantly contributed to the list topic. Wikipedia also includes reference tables and tabular information for quick reference.

Then we should all notice that however pointless or not that this list may be, it most certainly doesn't violate the above policy. The list isn't useful to me, but would be to someone wanting to know about Nike. aLii 23:40, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. You need to read the paragraph above that on WP:NOT. It says, "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of items of information. That something is 100% true does not mean it is suitable for inclusion in an encyclopedia...". (emphasis added). Bottom line, this list (and the other lists I put on afd) violates policy. Be careful to read all of a policy before making a judgement call. -EdGl 22:21, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Pretty much every article on wikipedia could be argued to breach that, if you were so inclined. The policy is very specific about what kind of lists shouldn't be allowed, and as we are talking about a list, that's what I quoted. This list should stay. aLii 08:30, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * The specifics in this section of policy you're talking about are merely instances where the community has already made a consensus. There is no consensus yet for the issue right here in this afd, which we are trying to make right now! :-) The argument I'm trying to make wouldn't work on "pretty much every article on wikipedia", but it sure is working on this one... EdGl 20:38, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is not just another list, it is definitive and informative. It answers the question "Which teams, clubs, countries are sponsored by Nike?" I question whether it is notable but I have seen many lists that beggar the same question which are kept. -- Alias Flood 01:08, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep This list is informative and many other lists that are similiar to this are being kept in Wikipedia. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  20:41, 2 June 2006 (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.