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The result was keep. The consensus was that Barry Johnston fails WP:NFOOTBALL and passes the WP:GNG. (non-admin closure) gidonb ( talk) 06:02, 24 October 2018 (UTC) reply

Barry Johnston (footballer)

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Article about footballer who fails WP:NFOOTY and GNG. Also very poorly written. BlameRuiner ( talk) 08:23, 18 October 2018 (UTC) reply

• Keep. Sources enough to pass WP:GNG are easily found, eg here, here or here. Lowercaserho ( talk) 08:41, 18 October 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU ^(T) 11:26, 18 October 2018 (UTC) reply

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• Keep - fails WP:NFOOTBALL but passes WP:GNG per sources found by @ Lowercaserho:. Giant Snowman 11:34, 18 October 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep Article doesn't look great but the sources found by Lowercaserho suggests that Johnston should be passes WP:GNG. Govvy ( talk) 12:49, 18 October 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep fails WP:NFOOTY but passes WP:GNG after HEY by Lowercaserho. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 14:20, 18 October 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep.Has independant reliable sources that could prove that it qualifieS WP:GNG but is doubtful about WP:NFOOTY,but still should be kept.
• Delete Fails WP:GNG "Sellic fan gets interviewed before playing his heroes" is a regular thing in the media whenever a diddy team draws the Old Firm. He got lucky the press picked him and not one of 95% of his team mates. Only the second link Lowercaseho provided is about him. The others are mostly about Cliftonville. Dougal18 ( talk) 17:45, 18 October 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep It could use a few more sources, but clearly passes WP:GNG even if WP:NFOOTY isn't satisfied. While WP:GNG is satisfied and the following is just a rant, I think this is also a perfect example of a player in a non-fully professional league that deserves to be kept: over 300 appearances over 10 years in his country's top flight is a heck of a lot more notable than the "played three games for a fully pro team one year out of his career" we often see popping up. SportingFlyer talk 10:55, 19 October 2018 (UTC) reply
• Weak Keep - certainly fails WP:NFOOTY; however, I think the article manages to get through on WP:GNG. Certainly could use a heap of work to clean up and reformat the text, though. 21.colinthompson ( talk) 15:48, 19 October 2018 (UTC) reply

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