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The last afd failed to reach consensus because during his six year spell at Cardiff City, he played a single FA Cup match. While technically meeting
WP:NSPORT, there is no indication the article meets
WP:GNG, so, in my opinion, it falls under the part of the
WP:NSPORT lede that says: the meeting of any of these criteria does not mean that an article must be kept. (emphasis theirs)
Sir Sputnik (
talk) 18:23, 15 November 2014 (UTC)reply
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Sir Sputnik (
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Keep per
WP:NFOOTY as he has been a professional player for 9 years and is a 6-time national team player. The non-binding clause from category-specific notability guidelines is generally not invoked, but this isn't really a borderline case anyway. Playing at the highest level in a professional sport is pretty much always grounds for notability. Deadbeef 20:55, 15 November 2014 (UTC)reply
His six appearances for the Welsh youth teams are explicitly excluded as a source of notability by
WP:NSPORT. The guideline also makes it clear that it only applies to those footballers who have played in actual matches. Given that in a six year career, he played only once, then left the game entirely for six years, and is now playing in the fourth tier of Welsh football (a pyramid in which even the first tier isn't fully pro), this very clearly is a borderline case. Finally, the claim that lede of
WP:NSPORT is not invoked is factually inaccurate. Just looking at the afd's listed by
GiantSnowman at
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Takumi Ogawa makes it clear that when relevant, this part of
WP:NSPORT is regularly applied.
Sir Sputnik (
talk) 21:38, 15 November 2014 (UTC)reply
Changing !vote to delete per IJA, I thought 'senior' and 'fully professional' were interchangeable. Deadbeef 19:39, 16 November 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete - Technical Nfooty pass, but nothing to indicate GNG. One
FPL appearance is insufficient by consensus once the majority of a players career has passed.
Fenix down (
talk) 15:11, 17 November 2014 (UTC)reply
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The last afd failed to reach consensus because during his six year spell at Cardiff City, he played a single FA Cup match. While technically meeting
WP:NSPORT, there is no indication the article meets
WP:GNG, so, in my opinion, it falls under the part of the
WP:NSPORT lede that says: the meeting of any of these criteria does not mean that an article must be kept. (emphasis theirs)
Sir Sputnik (
talk) 18:23, 15 November 2014 (UTC)reply
Note: This discussion has been included in
WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions.
Sir Sputnik (
talk) 18:24, 15 November 2014 (UTC)reply
Keep per
WP:NFOOTY as he has been a professional player for 9 years and is a 6-time national team player. The non-binding clause from category-specific notability guidelines is generally not invoked, but this isn't really a borderline case anyway. Playing at the highest level in a professional sport is pretty much always grounds for notability. Deadbeef 20:55, 15 November 2014 (UTC)reply
His six appearances for the Welsh youth teams are explicitly excluded as a source of notability by
WP:NSPORT. The guideline also makes it clear that it only applies to those footballers who have played in actual matches. Given that in a six year career, he played only once, then left the game entirely for six years, and is now playing in the fourth tier of Welsh football (a pyramid in which even the first tier isn't fully pro), this very clearly is a borderline case. Finally, the claim that lede of
WP:NSPORT is not invoked is factually inaccurate. Just looking at the afd's listed by
GiantSnowman at
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Takumi Ogawa makes it clear that when relevant, this part of
WP:NSPORT is regularly applied.
Sir Sputnik (
talk) 21:38, 15 November 2014 (UTC)reply
Changing !vote to delete per IJA, I thought 'senior' and 'fully professional' were interchangeable. Deadbeef 19:39, 16 November 2014 (UTC)reply
Delete - Technical Nfooty pass, but nothing to indicate GNG. One
FPL appearance is insufficient by consensus once the majority of a players career has passed.
Fenix down (
talk) 15:11, 17 November 2014 (UTC)reply
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