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The result was delete. Metropolitan90 (talk) 06:25, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of ice hockey players of Middle Eastern descent[edit]

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Uncited for four years. Same problem as other ethnic ice hockey players. Overly broad category (which should really go with the Asian list). Only three are of actual Middle Eastern descent only, and none are citizens of those countries. Therefore, this is a spurious intersection of data. MSJapan (talk) 04:19, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —Theopolisme (talk) 00:29, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. There is no intrinsic notability to being a hockey player with random ancestry. Especially in a North American (especially Canadian) dominated sport where our very culture is built on immigration. The simple truth is most of these players are viewed as being "Canadian" or "American", not "Lebanese-Canadian". Reso lute 15:42, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Strongly Keep. Ice Hockey is a White-dominated sport and it is very rare to see any NHL players of Middle Eastern descent. Marc87 20:03, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- WP:ITSNOTABLE, then? (Also a smidge of WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS perhaps.) - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:27, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 01:31, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Just because a perceived group of "White" players exists, doesn't mean a list of "Middle Eastern" players needs to exist to augment it...per WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS. Segragating by ethnicity shouldn't be the prerogative, we are all of the "human" race :) Ren99 ^wha? 05:35, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete What's the connection between Persian and Arab players? Why do we lump the middle east together and exclude Jewish players? It just seems all arbitrary to me and the scope is all out of wack. If the scope was defined to just Lebanese, for example, then I'd be okay with it.--Львівське (говорити) 20:28, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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