Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NFL starting quarterbacks

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 was delete. --Coredesat 00:26, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NFL starting quarterbacks

The Page is hardly a substantial article as it is a trivial list. It makes Wikipedia seem more like a Sports News Network as opposed to an encyclopedia (See WP:Not) ShadowJester07 04:22, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. TJ Spyke 04:53, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. An indiscriminate collection of information. I'll grant that its content is noteable, but the article itself is just a collection of links. It reads like the love-child of a Category and a Disambiguation page -- not quite useless, not quite useful. Consequentially 05:05, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
• Categorize to "Current NFL starting quarterbacks" or the like. --Hemlock Martinis 05:51, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Although it's somewhat helpful, maybe it could be made into a proper list type list.
• Categorize as per Hemlock Marinis. EVula 06:27, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
• Neutral but strongly oppose the idea of making it a category. A list that has to be checked and maintained constantly is a minor headache. A category that has to be checked and maintained constantly is a major headache. I do wonder what happens when the season ends, though. Does the list get smaller as teams get knocked out during the playoffs, becoming empty after the Superbowl? :) Xtifr _tälk 07:18, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, time-specific. COuld be moved to "NFL Starting quarterbacks (2006)" or something. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 14:30, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Actually, I like the idea of List of NFL starting quarterbacks in 2006 or something similar. I'd support that a lot more readily than I would the article as it stands now. EVula 20:12, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
  • That's actually how the List of spaceflights by year got started; someone had created a List of scheduled rocket launches which I listed for AFD as being time specific, and they changed the format to list past and scheduled events in one place, which means that it'll remain a viable resource even without constant updating, by not simply saying "current." Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 03:01, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per various reasons above, with the suggestion that the table listing all the teams on the NFL page be expanded to include columns for head coach and starting QB. Closer (baseball) provides a good precedent showing that "depth chart" lists are easily updated. SliceNYC 20:02, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, though for reasons completely different from nominator. The information is arguably encyclopedic, but too ephemeral. I would argue it's too subject to change to keep. Haikupoet 03:58, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or replace as suggested by EVula, which would have the advantage of showing numerous QBs who "started" for the same team as a season progressed. Carlossuarez46 22:00, 24 October 2006 (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.