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The result was delete and userfy. JForget 02:41, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of Premier League players from Great Britain and Ireland[edit]

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Delete. This is not actually a list; it's just a header for a list, with lots of blank sections underneath. Maybe someday in the future, someone will actually create such a list (and this nomination is not intended to prejudice that), but in the meantime this empty list is just a waste of the time of any reader who loads the page. I'm sure that whoever started this list was full of good intentions, and I intend no criticism of them for not following through on what they started. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:29, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Userfy, I think User:03md might be interested in finishing what he started. _{anemoneprojectors│talk} 01:42, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Userfy until the author has finished with the article. He/she is free to repost the article into article space when he/she is done with the article. —MC10 (T•C•GB•L) 05:15, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:17, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete, I think the idea of this list is really bad - for England's part it's a list of people who played in their country's domestic league, and there is nothing special about that. Geschichte (talk) 19:08, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:07, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and don't recreate. The list would be absolutely colossal (when the Premier League started it had hardly any non-British/Irish players, so you're probably talking 400 names from the first season alone, and about 1000 names overall), plus there really isn't anything notable about a player from Britain playing in the Premier League. It would be like having List of British hit singles by British singers.... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:07, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per above. I can only agree with Chris. There isn't anything special about a British or Irish footballer playing in the Premier League, not to mention that this list would be far too extensive to be of much practical use to anyone. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:05, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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