Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball players with 1000 points

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 merge to Connecticut Huskies women's basketball. Sandstein 09:57, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball players with 1000 points[edit]

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I am also nominating these related articles:

These should be deleted per WP:SALAT, which explains: "Lists that are too specific are also a problem. The 'list of one-eyed horse thieves from Montana' will be of little interest to anyone (except the person making the list)." We're not quite in one-eyed horse thieves territory here, but these lists are so incredibly specific that they are of little value as a standalone list. An AFD for a similar article was recently closed as delete (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball players with 250 steals). -- Notecardforfree (talk) 21:00, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - paging User:Joseph A. Spadaro, input desired... Blythwood (talk) 20:39, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I agree that these should probably not be stand-alone articles. I'd hate, however, to see the information lost. And wonder if they can be incorporated into some other relevant article(s)? And, if not the entire list, perhaps the "top" five or ten results from the lists? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:53, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - These articles are important statistics of one of the most highly regarded sports programs of our time. This is invaluable information and should not be ignored or lost merely because it is women's sports. This is UConn women's basketball, producing some of the greatest female athletes of our time and of all time. It is imperative these articles stand as a testament to their success and contributions to sports history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebyron12 (talk • contribs) 01:44, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Just to be clear, these articles were not nominated for deletion because they were about a women's basketball team (rather than a men's basketball team). This has nothing to do with sex or gender. This nomination is based solely on the fact that these lists do not comply with relevant guidelines for standalone lists. WP:SALAT explains that "[t]he potential for creating lists is infinite. The number of possible lists is limited only by our collective imagination. To keep the system of lists useful, we must limit the size and topic of lists." Indeed, lists that are this specific are of little value. That does not mean, however, that the information contained in the lists should be lost forever; as other editors have suggested, this information can be incorporated into other articles (e.g. the article for Connecticut Huskies women's basketball). Nevertheless, the fact of the matter is that these lists do not comply with relevant guidelines and should continue to exist on a standalone basis. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 06:46, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Can anyone here think of some appropriate article into which these lists can be imported? So that they do not stand alone as a separate article? Within another (appropriate) article, they can be included as a "long list" that has that "toggle button" for "hide" and "show". No? Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:39, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Joseph A. Spadaro: What about Connecticut Huskies women's basketball? That seems to be the natural choice in my mind. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 18:58, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That seems fine with me. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:36, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merge content with Connecticut Huskies women's basketball. 1000 point scorers are highlighted by every school, it isn't an arbitrary cutoff. But I totally agree this doesn't need to be a stand-alone list. Many basketball program articles have career statistical leader lists contained in them. Rikster2 (talk) 15:39, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, clpo13_(talk) 17:11, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merge all 3 articles into Connecticut Huskies women's basketball, then delete so that they cannot be easily re-created by reverting the merge history. Jrcla2 (talk) 21:15, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. Jrcla2 (talk) 21:13, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merge if needed as this is questionably solid for its own article. SwisterTwister talk 01:09, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into Connecticut Huskies women's basketball. Not enough for a standalone article. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:42, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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