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Celebrities

There's a problem in combining, in one list, people who are notable because of poker and celebrities who happen to play poker. I think it's more sensible to follow the approach taken on List of notable chess players. The main list is of people who are notable based on their chess accomplishments (chiefly as players but an important author can qualify without having done much over the board). That's followed by a section on "Famous people who were/are avid chess players", which accommodates Woody Allen, etc. -- the equivalents of Ben Affleck on the poker page.

Implementing such a distinction through a category rather than a list would, I suppose, be a bit more work, but it would be useful to the reader. JamesMLane 16:36, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Not a problem. I mean, I had originally set that up so people wouldn't randomly add people they saw on "Celebrity Poker" or whatever. I have no problem with having a list of celebrities who play non-tournament poker. If we keep the category, then, it might be prudent to rename it to "Poker professionals" or something like that. As you stated, a list would probably be best to accomodate everyone, so I can take care of setting that up later (including short relevant sentences about what makes each one notable) today if you think this idea is agreeable. CryptoDerk 19:16, Sep 30, 2004 (UTC)

I wouldn't limit it to professionals. I'd include anyone whose poker accomplishments (play, authorship, or tournament organizing) would, by themselves, suffice to make the person notable. The other category or list would be for celebrities for whom poker is a significant avocation, like Affleck, whether they play tournaments or ring games. I agree with you that a single appearanceon "Celebrity Poker" wouldn't matter. JamesMLane 23:05, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Of course, I wouldn't want to limit it to just professionals. Even right now the category contains people who are more notable for other things (e.g. Benny Binion). Sorry if there was any miscommunication. Anyway, I'm on it! CryptoDerk 23:10, Sep 30, 2004 (UTC)

Categorize by nationality?

With all other sports (includiung Category:Go players, Category:Scrabble players, et al), I've made sure they were categorized by nationality, removing all individuals from the main category. Any objection to this happening for poker players? And also, other than a new category of Celebrities who play poker for the Afflecks of the world, should there be any other categories than nationality? (By the way, I've saved Category:Chess players for last. There's a lot of complexity over there.)--Mike Selinker 18:56, 23 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]