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The result was delete. WP:SNOW. postdlf ( talk) 20:34, 9 April 2015 (UTC) reply

List of Christian Football Players

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There is no clear basis for selection; there must be a great many more footballers who are Christian than these, but almost none of the articles on them even mention their religion, and even with those that do, such as Lionel Messi, I do not see any influence of religion on their notability. DGG ( talk ) 04:02, 5 April 2015 (UTC) reply

• Delete - Unsourced list about religious belief. Objectionable on multiple levels: lack of sourcing, lack of parameters to determine religious belief. Uncompletable list even if these matters were addressed. Blech. Carrite ( talk) 06:25, 5 April 2015 (UTC) reply
• Speedy delete BLP unsourced list and there's no connection between the religion and being a footballer. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 08:47, 5 April 2015 (UTC) reply

• Delete as too indiscriminate and unsourceable in most cases anyway ( Tim Tebow excepted, except for the fact that it's not that football). Clarityfiend ( talk) 11:27, 5 April 2015 (UTC) reply

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• Delete - yes an unsourced BLP nightmare, but even if it was referenced it would still likely be non-notable. Giant Snowman 21:58, 5 April 2015 (UTC) reply
• Delete - good grief. How would one even tell? Nfitz ( talk) 01:13, 6 April 2015 (UTC) reply
• Delete - Religion is a trivial and non-notable characteristic of any athlete, nevermind drilling down to specific sports. Tarc ( talk) 14:51, 6 April 2015 (UTC) reply
• Delete Religion of sports players is not notable, also this list is ridiculously incomplete, and would need better sourcing. Joseph2302 ( talk) 23:02, 6 April 2015 (UTC) reply
• Delete -- Religion and sport is a trivial intersection. Since the majority of people of European ethnicity are at least of Christian heritage, a complete list would be utterly unwieldy. If it were practising Christians, there would be a POV-issue as to how active it was necessary to be to qualify. Peterkingiron ( talk) 15:13, 7 April 2015 (UTC) reply
• Delete These people are notable for their sporting achievements, which their religion doesn't affect. Unless they are like Kaka, who is one person, this is unnessecary, their religion if known can be listed on their individual page. This is Mkbw50 signing out! 13:25, 9 April 2015 (UTC) reply

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