Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NHL Ice Dancers

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The result was delete. postdlf (talk) 05:29, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

NHL Ice Dancers

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There is no NHL Ice Dancer cheerleading league. There is no NHL Cheerleading League. I find no references in RSs to NHL Ice Dancers. This is simply a list of cheerleading squads. Dbrodbeck (talk) 20:02, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I think the other AfDs should be mentioned with the others being nominated: WP:Articles for deletion/Canadian Football League Cheerleading, WP:Articles for deletion/MLB Cheerleading, WP:Articles for deletion/National Basketball Association Cheerleading. Zappa O Mati 21:01, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea, thanks. Dbrodbeck (talk) 21:16, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I questioned the notability of this list back in May, but never followed up. I did remove an improper entry then, only to now see that it was restored. The big problem here is that any team that has a team of women grouped as a team or crew is being categorized as "ice dancers", except that this characterization is wrong in nearly every case. In Calgary, the girls simply clean the ice, nothing more. In Edmonton, they are something akin to cheerleaders in the stands, but rarely dance or perform on the ice, etc. This article appears to be someone's attempt to shoehorn a concept that may work in one sport (say the NFL and its cheerleaders) into others where it isn't appropriate, introducing a WP:SYNTH problem. Reso lute 23:44, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The people in Detroit (both women and men) hand our prizes, do some generic cheering stuff, but really are not dancers at all. Dbrodbeck (talk) 02:43, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: as per WP:HOAX or WP:BULLSHIT; take your pick. Either way, this "league" just doesn't exist. Ravenswing 06:28, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Per Ravenswing. Patken4 (talk) 22:02, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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