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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:22, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

List of footballers born in Yugoslavia who played for other national teams[edit]

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This article should be deleted because it is WP:LISTCRUFT definitions 1,2,3,6, and 7 and fails WP:LISTN and WP:GNG. KAP03 (talk) 16:09, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - Lists of this type are unnecessary, as the topic of anyone playing any sport for any nation other than the nation of their birth is not notable. — Jkudlick ⚓ t ⚓ c ⚓ s 16:22, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. Giant Snowman 16:44, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - unless strong evidence is brought forward that footballers playing for a country other than the one that they were born in is an inherently notable topic, this will fail LISTN. Some of these players didn't even have the option to play for Yugoslavia as it had ceased to exist by the time they started their careers. Spiderone 17:39, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- The list title was initially focused on the list of players born in the territory of what was once Yugoslavia but someone changed and simplified the title some time ago. The focus is players which were born on that territory regardless of being at time of Yugoslavia, or after. The case it to demonstrate the large number of players born there which contibuted, or still play, in other national teams outside that territory. FkpCascais (talk) 17:37, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not notabile Grammarphile (talk) 18:02, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – It is me who created the article and I have been updating it. I was personally contacted in the past by sports journalists who said the list was unique and very usefull for them. I see all this sort of lists are nominated for deletion and seems they will be deleted by the tendency of the votes to this moment. Because of diverse reasons, the players left the territory of what was once a united country named Yugoslavia and accepted to represent other countries. This way they are all listed here along the countries they represent and the mention of the exact birthplace. It is possible to analise it in several was, it is possible to see tendencies, etc. This list is, as far as I know, unique on the internet. I think Wikipedia will loose a list which had some value and interess on behalve of football analists and journalists. FkpCascais (talk) 17:37, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There's nothing wrong with you keeping your own list on a different Wiki-based website. At the moment, I'm not seeing any valid reason to keep this list on Wikipedia; the arguments given are just WP:ILIKEIT and WP:ITSUSEFUL. I understand why some might find the list interesting but I just don't think that there can be a precedent for these sorts of lists to exist. Spiderone 19:11, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I fully understand, no problem whatsoever. In my personal view (admting I am an football statistics enthusiast) I find these lists usefull football-related information, but if the community decides otherwise, I fully understand. Cheers, FkpCascais (talk) 00:39, 29 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - per other delete comments above. However, I think that this is a cool project and that the article's creator should keep a record of it somewhere.--MarshalN20 ^✉🕊 20:57, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Per nom. GauchoDude (talk) 18:49, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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