Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of NHL goaltenders

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The result was delete. As a purely personal thought, I wonder if lists of goaltenders by teams would work. But consensus is clearly against this list. Courcelles (talk) 22:00, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

List of NHL goaltenders[edit]

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NHL has been in existence since 1917. A specific page devoted to "NHL goaltenders" is not only not encyclopedic but completely impractical and would be impossible to maintain having regard to categories on this page. While lack of similar pages isn't decisive, it shouldn't be ignored there are no wiki pages devoted to the categorization of other NHL positions. GLG GLG (talk) 07:28, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: per nom. Only a handful of goaltenders are listed on this page (of the many hundreds who have played the position in league history), and the list doesn't actually reflect "NHL" goaltenders with their complete records, but those who've played for the Buffalo Sabres team (in existence only since 1970) and only reflecting their record with Buffalo, as opposed to their entire careers. Between 80-100 goalies take the ice in the NHL in any given year, and maintaining such a list -- never mind the daunting premise of completing it -- would be a formidable task for which I can't picture too many editors lining up. Ravenswing 08:38, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete We have categories for this and as the nominator pointed out we don't have lists for other hockey positions. Baseball players aren't listed by position either....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 17:57, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - WP:LISTCRUFT, specifically points 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, and 12. — Jkudlick ^tc_s 00:11, 14 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete it per my thoughts at WT:HOCKEY#List of NHL goaltenders. This list is hopelessly incomplete, only containing 40+ goaltenders out of about 720 total. Without someone wanting to put in the necessary work, it's better to WP:TNT it than promote this grossly inaccurate list. -- Tavix ^(talk) 13:26, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: per nom. Deadman137 (talk) 19:26, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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.