Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sam Smith (English footballer)

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The result was delete. Black Kite 00:05, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sam Smith (English footballer)

Footballer who fails notability at WP:ATHLETE as he has yet to play in a fully-professional league. --Jimbo^[online] 15:14, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - He has played professional football (R&D are a professional club) but has not played in a fully-professional league (Conference National is semi-professional). Article fails the WP:ATHLETE guideline, and seems to fail notability. Rambo's Revenge (How am I doing?) 15:30, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sam Smith has, admitedly, not played in a fully-professional league. Apologies - I was not aware of that necessity. However, "notability" is subjective - he has had a succesful start to his career (7 goals thus far in his first full professional season) including a goal in the Rushden-Kettering derby (all the more notable seeing as Smith is - supposedly - a Kettering fan). However, on the whole, as the author of this article, I'm probably in the wrong. That'sWhatIWould'veDone (talk) 20:37, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. -- — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 15:43, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - He wouldn't have to meet WP:ATHLETE if he meets WP:N. Do these sources add up the notability? (rather trivial) [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]; (photo caption) [6]; (more than trivial, less than exclusive) [7] — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 22:38, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Conference National level (5th tier) is far too low down in the league system for a player to gain notability. Some local press mentions from sports matches are generated as pointed out by LinguistAtLarge, but it is not the kind of thing which can generate notability by virtue of the coverage alone. If there were an article profiling Mr. Smith the case may have been different. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:18, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Okay, I agree with your reasoning. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 17:41, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not notable --Dweller (talk) 09:42, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:ATHLETE. Giant Snowman 17:32, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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