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The result was delete. —Tom Morris (talk) 00:54, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Semi-pro football player who has never played in a fully pro league, thus failing WP:NFOOTBALL. Number 57 14:53, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 15:01, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. GiantSnowman 15:02, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete - per nom. Never played professionally and no significant coverage. Clearly fails WP:GNG and WP:NSPORT. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:23, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep Played professionally at the highest professional level available in Ireland. See: [1], [2]. Represented Ireland in several national youth teams ([3]). Even played with Cork City in the money loaden Champion League qualifiers ([4]). Rejecting football leagues from smaller countries as not being fully professional is a biased opinion. Night of the Big Wind talk 16:51, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- It is irrelevant that he played at the highest level in Ireland - what matters is whether he played in a fully professional league, and he has not. Youth caps do not confer notability, only appearances at full international level (per WP:NFOOTBALL). This is not "biased", it is realistic that players playing in semi-professional leagues are less notable than their professional counterparts. Number 57 16:59, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- It is a biased opinion, due to that fact that is does not take the local circumstances into account. And it creates a very unfair difference between big countries and smaller countries. The players of Luton Town F.C. still have their own articles, while the club plays in a not fully professional league (fifth tier!). Maybe time for a clean up there? Night of the Big Wind talk 18:52, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- You are misrepresenting things - not all Luton players have articles - only those that have played in fully professional leagues. Number 57 19:40, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- It is a biased opinion, due to that fact that is does not take the local circumstances into account. And it creates a very unfair difference between big countries and smaller countries. The players of Luton Town F.C. still have their own articles, while the club plays in a not fully professional league (fifth tier!). Maybe time for a clean up there? Night of the Big Wind talk 18:52, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- It is irrelevant that he played at the highest level in Ireland - what matters is whether he played in a fully professional league, and he has not. Youth caps do not confer notability, only appearances at full international level (per WP:NFOOTBALL). This is not "biased", it is realistic that players playing in semi-professional leagues are less notable than their professional counterparts. Number 57 16:59, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - the point is, this "unfair difference" (Night of the Big Wind) is known here as notability. A player who has been written about in a national newspaper gets a Wikipedia article and the player who is not reported about doesn't. If he plays in the Olympics then he will meet the criteria. Until then.... Cloudz679 20:00, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- It then... should you have read the souces I had added already. As far as I know is the Irish Times a national newspaper. But let me guess: disqualified because the article is not only about Lordan. Maybe this one, or this one, or this one or this one good enough? Night of the Big Wind talk 23:19, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- It still doesn't change the fact that he has not played in a fully professional league. Number 57 08:34, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Mr. Lorgan satiesfies WP:GNG, regardless of the league he plays in. Why do you give me the feeling that nationality issues play a role here? Night of the Big Wind talk 10:18, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Ah, so now you've stooped to making unfounded personal accusations? If you had any idea what you were talking about, you'd be fully aware that I have AfD'd semi-pro American, Croatian, English and Scottish footballers amongst others - nationality isn't important - passing WP:NFOOTBALL is. Number 57 10:45, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Mr. Lorgan satiesfies WP:GNG, regardless of the league he plays in. Why do you give me the feeling that nationality issues play a role here? Night of the Big Wind talk 10:18, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- It still doesn't change the fact that he has not played in a fully professional league. Number 57 08:34, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- It then... should you have read the souces I had added already. As far as I know is the Irish Times a national newspaper. But let me guess: disqualified because the article is not only about Lordan. Maybe this one, or this one, or this one or this one good enough? Night of the Big Wind talk 23:19, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete per comment above. Cloudz679 20:00, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Mattythewhite (talk) 20:20, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:56, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. --Reckless182 (talk) 11:24, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.