Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of current CFL team rosters

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The result was keep‎. ✗plicit 00:42, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of current CFL team rosters[edit]

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Subject does not meet the WP:LISTN and goes against WP:TG to boot as a list page. Let'srun (talk) 19:52, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists of people and American football. Let'srun (talk) 19:52, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:54, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:54, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It seems patently obvious this type of article should be okay - we even have a category for them at Category:Lists of current team rosters. The WP:TG argument I don't buy either as these can easily be un-templated and transcluded from the main team's page if needed. SportingFlyer T·C 20:19, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, for several reasons. (1) The vast majority of CFL players are notable, and WP:NLIST states that Notability of lists is based on the group; (2) all the transactions, news, etc. that make up these teams are very widely covered; (3) there are independent websites that track all CFL teams' rosters, e.g. TSN and footballdb; (4) your citation of WP:TG notes that Templates should not be used to create lists of links to other articles when a category, list page, or "See also" section list can perform the same function – there is nothing else that can perform this function; and (5) if all else fails, then I think we should WP:IAR keep this as it is immensely useful to both readers and editors. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:22, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Useful navigational aid. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:27, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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