Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of current Major League Soccer players with national team caps

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The result was no consensus. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:11, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

List of current Major League Soccer players with national team caps

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Please refer to WP:LISTCRUFT #3, #6, #11, #12; there is little to no prose nor is there any explanation as to why the topic is notable. Lists still need to meet notability criteria. Please also see WP:LISTN. Spiderone 08:36, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Definitely WP:LISTCRUFT. Ajf773 (talk) 08:56, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep LISTCRUFT is an essay and not a policy or even a guideline. The list makes sense to the editors of MLS and so I won't mess with it. Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:36, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

WP:LISTCRUFT is an essay demonstrating how certain lists (such as this one) fail the policy of notability. Ajf773 (talk) 19:05, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

But it would be just as easy to create an essay in favour of lists, particularly lists like this. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:29, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - this is, or should be, a fairly standard cross-over and certainly not LISTCRUFT. Article needs a better title though - shouldn't just be 'current' players, but all players who earned international caps while playing in this league. Giant Snowman 19:07, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Unnecessary list. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 23:00, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep LISTCRUFT is an essay and not a policy/guideline. The list makes sense to MLS editors of MLS. Suarez FC —Preceding undated comment added 20:56, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 17:35, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Split – The information is legit however these are 3 lists of which only 2 belong together. Hence split into:

List of Major League Soccer players with national team caps
List of Major League Soccer players with World Cup caps (this name may still need a tweak)

Each article can be organized as one sortable table. gidonb (talk) 08:54, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This is not a notable topic. There is no evidence of other sources listing players this way. 78 players from MLS received international call ups in a recent international window - this is a huge number, meaning that this list will balloon in size over the years. --Super Nintendo Chalmers (talk) 15:14, 5 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- With 22 teams in the league today and a goal of 24 soon, yes this number will balloon. Also, the league has been able to attract higher-quality players, the number may increase as well. But size is not really a limitation. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:35, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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