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Fails
WP:GNG and
WP:NFOOTBALL. PROD contested by the author, claiming that the player has received significant coverage to meet the notability guidelines. However, the sources appear to be routine. –
Michael (
talk) 21:47, 24 January 2014 (UTC)reply
keep per
WP:NFOOTBALL "Players who have played... in a fully professional league,", MLS is a "fully professional league" and he has played for them. (says the article, if that is not true then Delete)
CombatWombat42 (
talk) 00:03, 25 January 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete - per nom.
WP:NSPORT require players to have actually played matches in a fully pro league (which he has not despite being drafted into the MLS), and there is insufficient significant coverage for this article to
WP:GNG.
Sir Sputnik (
talk) 01:54, 25 January 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete - fails
WP:NSPORTS, hasn't played in a fully professional football league. Fails
WP:GNG as he hasn't been the subject of significant coverage in reliable sources.
Hack (
talk) 05:13, 26 January 2014 (UTC)reply
WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is not a valid argument, to say nothing of the fact that American football is a distinct sport so its notability rules don't enter the picture here.
Sir Sputnik (
talk) 01:23, 27 January 2014 (UTC)reply
Has nothing to do with what other stuff exists; has everything to do with a precedent being set that articles aren't being deleted when
WP:NSPORTS has failed; until this is consistently enforced throughout wikipedia, I see absolutely no reason to make a change
Prizby (
talk) 07:10, 27 January 2014 (UTC)reply
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• Gene93k (
talk) 01:09, 27 January 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete - fails GNG and NFOOTBALL. Not notable until evidence is presented he has received significant coverage, or until he actually plays in the MLS or another fully-professional league.
GiantSnowman 12:04, 27 January 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete, there is ample precedent that merely being in the squad is not enough, you actually have to get some game time in a fully professional league to meet the guideline. The subject hasn't done this yet, but if and when he ever plays the article can be recreated. The alternative route to notability, that of meeting the
WP:GNG, also doesn't appear to work here as I can't find anything substantial and independent on this person.
Lankiveil(
speak to me) 06:35, 28 January 2014 (UTC).reply
Keep as per Prizby.
WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is merely an essay, and a poorly written one at that. If one applied such an essay on a legal front, you'd toss precedence and common law out the window!
Nfitz (
talk) 02:37, 30 January 2014 (UTC)reply
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