Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of English footballers

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The result was Delete, as inferior to the associated category. If anyone wants the article list to perform a completeness check on the category, please ask --Steve _(Stephen)^talk 09:40, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of English footballers[edit]

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Article has ~600 entries versus to over 4000 in the category that shares the same name, Category:English footballers (thanks to Daemonic Kangaroo for the entry count). Appears unnecessary as it is just a simple list of articles with no new information compared to the category list. Palffy 11:28, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd also like to add that a number of these lists exist as well (see Category:Lists of footballers by country for links to them) that would likely follow as precedent to this Afd decision. --Palffy 11:34, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - there is perhaps potential for this to be rewritten along the lines of List of Arsenal F.C. players (et al), with inclusion criteria and more information, but in it's current state it's fairy useless. Maybe, in the mean time, it could be changed to a disambiguation page with Category:English footballers and List of England international footballers. ArtVandelay13 11:39, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Unless it can be made much more comprehensive and actually add some extra information, I fail to see why this article exists. The category of the same name serves the same purpose and is more easily maintained. Daemonic Kangaroo 11:57, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with cat of the same name, so long as there are some footballers in the list who aren't in the cat.--Vox Humana 8' 12:32, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with cat per Vox Humana 8, then delete. slυмgυм [ ←→ ] 13:25, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with relevant category. This article doesn't appear to add any information beyond the category itself. Jogurney 14:56, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per above. A list this size is almost impossible to manage. Dave101→talk 17:48, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect to List of England international footballers. --Angelo 22:14, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - this merger proposal is not viable as List of English footballers purports to be a list of Englishmen who have played professional football, whereas List of England international footballers (when complete) is a list of footballers who have appeared for England - a different thing altogether. Daemonic Kangaroo 07:09, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - I meant to merge the current list with the respective category, then make it a redirect of "List of England international footballers". --Angelo 17:20, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletions. -- Mais oui! 09:18, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Per nominator. Kingjeff 19:07, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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