Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of athletes by sponsor

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The result was delete. v/r - T P 03:12, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of athletes by sponsor[edit]

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Okay, this is my criticism of this list — a majority of athletes (or sportspeople to anybody but Americans) are sponsored by companies if not, get free shoes/bicycles/tires/skateboards, therefore this is more like an indiscriminate list of sportspeople who get free equipment/financial assistance as much as a list of NCAA athletes with sport scholarships and should belong to its respective page, not a list like this. Plus whilst I see the significance of the subject, I don't see the significance of this list enough to be here at all. Donnie Park (talk) 21:26, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Change: I think this is a fantastic idea for a page and would be a great contribution to available public information. Perhaps it would be more interesting (and actually have a chance of becoming comprehensive) to redesign it as a list of high-profile athlete sponsorships, with perhaps a greater focus given to non-sporting sponsors i.e. banks, razor manufacturers. --Cantivsto (talk) 02:25, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Are you trying to imply my rationale that these belong to its own (pages of sponsors) page, rather than an indiscriminate lists of people being sponsored by brands and you forgot what I was going to bring up, there are sportspeople sponsored by fast food chains and energy drinks. IIRC, I can remember once seeing a list of people being sponsored by Nike, so why can't belong there not here. Donnie Park (talk) 03:37, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is a fair point, perhaps I hadn't understood you correctly. As it stands, it's a pretty silly article as it is bound to just become an endless list of inanities. --Cantivsto (talk) 14:01, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 09:59, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Basically an unsourced list that appears to be original research.204.126.132.231 (talk) 23:14, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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