Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Professional wrestlers real names

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep and redirect to List of real names of professional wrestlers. --Phroziac _. o º ^{O (♥♥♥♥ chocolate!)} 03:53, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Professional wrestlers real names

Delete: This is an unwikified list that could potentially reach ridiculous length. The title is grammatically incorrect. Real names are already available within specific articles, rendering this list unnecessary. The list also fails to cite sources, and is already erroneous - "The Undertaker" is said to have the real name "Mark Callaway", when extensive research has indicated that his name is actually Mark Calaway. There are also some privacy concerns where particular wrestlers are involved. McPhail 16:00, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

• Move to List of real names of professional wrestlers, cleanup. Most lists would be unnecessary if the mention of the information on individual pages was sufficient (see, e.g. List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States; List of U.S. Presidents by time as former president); errors can be corrected; professional wrestlers are public figures, so privacy concerns are far down the list (besides, we're not listing addresses and social security numbers here!). BD2412 T 16:07, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - the roster pages have real names anyway. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Paulley (talk • contribs) 12:26, 21 December 2005 (UTC).
• Delete, redundant. Gateman1997 17:52, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per comments from [[User:BD2412/deletion debates|BD2412]. -- JJay 18:12, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep I also agree with [[User:BD2412/deletion debates|BD2412], if we delete this list why not delete every list? It's a hassle to look all specific articles to find each real name of each wrestler. I would also like you to expand on the privacy issue as I don't quite understand what the risk is?SkaTroma 18:29, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
  • It's not unknown for wrestlers to request that their real names not be publicised ([1], [2], [3]). This may be irreconcilable with a list created for the sole purpose of disseminating this information. McPhail 19:57, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
    • Seems like that is done more out of respect from fans rather than for legal purposes, there is no threat to knowing their names and I wouldn't think any legal backing to withholding the information.SkaTroma 15:08, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Roster lists already have the wrestler's real names where known making this page redundant.--Darren Jowalsen 22:19, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. This information should be on each roster's page. If not, it should be added. — The Hooded Man ♃♂ 23:05, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, this info belongs to individual articles. Pavel Vozenilek 03:22, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. If you want to know a wrestler's real name, read their article. This also smacks of copyvio, but I can't find it ... Proto t c 13:48, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, unnecessary duplication from the List of professional wrestlers and its various sub-pages. --HBK 16:48, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge and redirect to List of professional wrestlers and its subpages. On second thought, that's probably the better course. --HBK|Talk 16:26, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete --Oakster 15:15, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per Paulley, redundant. Stifle 01:09, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per BD2412. While it's on the roster pages, what if you do not know which roster the wrestler belongs to? Also, rosters will change so it may just be more convenient for someone to find to this article and Ctrl + F. I agree with moving and cleaning up.
  • The problem with that is, for this list to be of any worth, it'll have to have all those names on there, and then it'll be too long to manage. So, then we'll end up splitting it up by roster, and then it'll become completely redundant. --HBK|Talk 02:45, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.