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The result was delete. Vanamonde (Talk) 01:41, 14 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

List of Gaelic footballers who died during their careers[edit]

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Delete: I don't think this is a defining characteristic of these people, actually it has just one entry. Their death is not what they are known for. ww2censor (talk) 23:37, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. ww2censor (talk) 23:37, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete this and other lists of athletes who died during their careers (see Sportspeople who died during their careers, which has about 6 more that should go under the Afd knife). Those who died from sports-related injuries are notable (e.g. Ray Chapman). Lots of people die before they retire; there's nothing special about that. Politicians who drop dead from stress, overwork, etc. aren't notable for that reason alone; those who are assassinated are. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:02, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete There's nothing special about this list, people die, and therefore there's zero reason to have it. Unless it was specifically about people who died sports-related injuries, but that doesn't seem to be what this is about. --Adamant1 (talk) 04:43, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 07:10, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I started it (without much thought) based on the existence of lists like American footballers and their accidental electrocutions, baseball players and their dune buggy crashes, Australian rules footballers falling in Las Vegas, basketball players and their personal watercraft accidents, assocation footballers and their encephalitis following an earthquake in Seram Island and the ice hockey players being hit by a snow grooming machine, then buried... I see upon further examination of these lists (or, rather, the causes of death - which I initially overlooked) that they seem to be excessive and unnecessary. What does the nominator mean when they say "actually it has just one entry"? --Gaois (talk) 02:28, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment: at the time of the nomination there appeared to be just one entry but I may have missed the table containing 4 entries far down the page. No matter how many entries there are this is not a defining characteristic of these people. ww2censor (talk) 12:40, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I have no objection at all to deleting these lists. Like I said I just noticed the missing sport and didn't think much of it at the time. I was a bit tired and was just working from what already existed. Three of the six sources relate to an injury while playing (the "sports-related injuries" mentioned above) but since they are for one entry there is no need for a separate list. --Gaois (talk) 23:59, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Probably those will go to AfD at some point also. --Adamant1 (talk) 01:58, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I already suggested this. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:14, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per the above. Plenty of sportspeople have their careers cut short for a host of reasons. Nigej (talk) 19:19, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. --KartikeyaS (talk) 17:50, 13 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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