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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 17:16, 28 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

List of current American soccer players by US state[edit]

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PROD contested way back in 2013. This list is far too big in scope, unreferenced, out-of-date, ill-defined, and (most importantly) non-notable per WP:LISTN. Giant Snowman 10:38, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak Delete - this is what the categories are for, but it is a notable topic and I'm not exactly trigger happy when it comes to deleting. Cobyan02069 (talk) 03:44, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The scope of the list becomes problematic when it is a current list that requires continual updating (especially given it's outdated by almost four years). Not only that, there is no real association given for each entry relative to the state they are listed under. Therefore fails WP:LISTN Ajf773 (talk) 06:21, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – the topic is not notable as players represent clubs or national teams, not states, so they are not generally discussed in this context. The category heriarchy is a much more appropriate place to classify them in this manner. Jellyman (talk) 10:50, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – fails WP:LISTN, not seeing any evidence that there is any significant discussion of American soccer players based on their state of birth. Fenix down (talk) 11:49, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – pretty unsustainable as new players will always have to be added. As previously mentioned a series of categories for said subjects already exists, and if someone is born in say Idaho but grows up and goes to college in California, what state are they from now? Inter&anthro (talk) 02:07, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Clearly Listcraft, as mentioned above cats are available. Govvy (talk) 13:04, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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