Talk:Punt returner
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[edit] Citing Sources / POV
This article fails to cite its content. The only link, which can be assumed to be reference, only has a brief definition of a return specialist. Therefore, the article makes me think that this article contains original research (although most of it seems true).
Regarding the “notable” section – Articles such as defensive back and quarterback have abandoned the section due to the several edit wars pertaining to its content. Also, the article fails to claim why the selected return specialists are at all “notable”. Yes, Devin Hester currently possesses several return records, but what about the others? Why is not Deion Sanders mentioned, the one who mentored and influenced Hester. The Section is subjective, and seems like an popularity contest. It would make ore sense to give more established, or hall-of-famer class return specialists a blurb in the Notable section. -- ShadowJester07 ►Talk 21:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- First, you state no reason for eliminating the short reference to the analogous position in Canadian football. The entry links to a Wikipedia article, with references, that discusses this matter in detail. I believe we can agree on this issue, at least, and retain the brief, completely non-POV discussion of the Canadian position. Just to make sure, I've borrowed a reference from Comparison of Canadian and American football and included it in this entry.
- As for the list of punt returners, the only real dispute seems to be over the word "notable". Frankly, I think the links to the Wikipedia articles on these players, along with their references to statistical pages, make a good case that each of these guys are notable examples at the position. But I'll eliminate the word "notable" to attempt a compromise. I’m not going to copy the references from the individual articles for each of the players, though, because I don’t want to create a link farm for this brief entry, and the references are readily available at the linked Wikipedia articles.
- Finally, to mitigate the OR issue, I've included a link to an interesting article on a college punt returner which discusses many aspects of the position, and a couple links to the NFL rules digest that relate to the position. Casey Abell 15:50, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
I have no problem with the Canadian position, I accidentally removed it while attempting to get rid of the notable section. I'm still skeptical about adding a list of players, as there's always the person who comes along, adds/removes players based on their own opinion, and then starts an entire edit war. Nevertheless, the rest seems fine. Thanks for your time. -- ShadowJester07 ►Talk 19:32, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
