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Athelete arrests

Originally created with one event only, now has a whopping three. Athlete arrests = list of arbitrary events which happened to an arbitrarily chosen class of person. Guy (Help!) 23:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete any important information is already in relevant articles. Tarret 23:43, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete because "athelete" is not an English word. Tarinth 23:48, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Spelling Corrected Dgreenfi
It is true that the info is in articles already but this brings up an interesting issue about information organization. Sometimes one would like to gather certain pieces into one place. The ability of Wiki to be more than just an electronic version of a paper encyclopedia should be used. Not sure though how that could be implemented in this case. This is a case of a user trying to use Wiki to bring together existing wiki info in a different organizational format to better suit their needs and possibly the needs of a larger group. I think this might be a bigger issue that needs to be discussed before we go on just deleting it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.230.145.243 (talk • contribs)
Delete, WP:NOT violation. User:Zoe|(talk) 00:00, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, trivia. People of all stripes get arrested all the time, and athletes are no different; we just hear about it because they're famous. Regarding the previous anonymous comment, no one's arguing against ever maintaining complementary organizational schemes for the same information. You need to justify why this one should be kept. Postdlf 00:02, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, This documents a cultural phenomenon that is specific to Atheletes. Using your logic, you could argue that all entries should be listed under People, Places or Things. My timeline is no less arbitraty than this Timeline of the big bang. Dgreenfi

Um... huh? Bwithh 01:18, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- User:Dgreenfi is the creator of the article in question. User:Zoe|(talk) 00:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm sorry, I don't follow your comparison. Please elaborate on how the big bang timeline is "arbitrary," and how that relates to this. Postdlf 01:07, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please note the added link to the journal article regarding the cultural phenomenon of crime amongst atheletes. Dgreenfi

That's one opinion article from a trade magazine with a readership of 54,400, and the article is saying that there's a (mostly racially-based) stereotype (people in the US supposedly typically associate pro athletics with African-Americans, and associate African-Americans with crime), and arguing that these stereotypes are deeply misleading . Bwithh 01:18, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per all above Bwithh 01:18, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep How is the Big Bang related? Well, there is a page that lays out the timeline. How is it arbitary? Well, it is subject to individual judgement. For example, I don't believe it. I do however believe that the rise in violent crimes committed by professional athletes is something that people are interested in and a timeline of such events would make a good page.Ajlynch131 01:46, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. GassyGuy 01:47, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am not the same person as Ajlynch and you seem to be mising the point of "Unregistered or new users are welcome to contribute to the discussion" in the Etiquitte guide. Please apologize for your accusational post. I am removing your comments Postdlf as I consider that a personal attack.

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 *'''Delete''' as per all above [[User:Bwithh|Bwithh]] 01:18, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 *'''Keep''' How is the Big Bang related?  Well, there is a page that lays out the timeline.  How is it arbitary?  Well, it is subject to individual judgement.  For example, I don't believe it.  I do however believe that the rise in violent crimes committed by professional athletes is something that people are interested in and a timeline of such events would make a good page.[[User:Ajlynch131|Ajlynch131]] 01:46, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
-**{{user|Ajlynch131}} only has three edits, one to this article, and two to this AFD. I suggest Ajlynch131 "and" Dgreenfi read [[WP:SOCK]].  You forgot to mention that both this and the big bang article are in English.  [[User:Postdlf|Postdlf]] 01:53, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
-***I detect a hint of sarcasm in your response but all I was doing was answering your question.  Someone above provides a link to the "What Wikipedia is NOT" page.  I just read the page and I do not see anything related to this timeline suggestion.  Can someone please explain the "violation"?  Thanks [[User:Ajlynch131|Ajlynch131]] 02:07, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 *'''Delete''' per nom. [[User:GassyGuy|GassyGuy]] 01:47, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
+*'''I am not the same person as Ajlynch''' and you seem to be mising the point of "Unregistered or new users are welcome to contribute to the discussion" in the Etiquitte guide.  Please apologize for your accusational post.  I am removing your comments Postdlf as I consider that a personal attack.