Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anton Peterlin (footballer)

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 result was delete. Nja²⁴⁷ 08:34, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anton Peterlin (footballer)[edit]

Footballer who has never played in a fully professional league, thus failing WP:FOOTYN. Dancarney (talk) 12:02, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. Dancarney (talk) 12:05, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. He only appears to have played at an amateur level so far, and other than his transfer to Everton he has yet to acheive anything of note (simply signing for a professional team isn't enough to establish notability as there is no guarantee he will ever play for them). This article can be recreated if he makes a first team appearance. Bettia (bring on the trumpets!) 13:47, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:ATHLETE. Giant Snowman 15:24, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. I have been working on getting the article up to date and properly formatted so it can easily be re-created if/when he makes his Everton debut. --JonBroxton (talk) 16:05, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Fails WP:ATHLETE. Iowateen (talk) 16:08, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:ATHLETE. --Angelo (talk) 07:23, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Player has not played in a professional league. John Sloan @ 20:05, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest WP:SNOW. John Sloan @ 20:06, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I agree that the article doesn't meet qualifications for a professional soccer player, but as this is an extremely rare case of an amateur player from California being signed to a Premiership team without going through the MLS first (and it's well-documented with many, many supporting sources), I don't think it should be held to the standards of a normal soccer player article. It's rare. It's new. It's a dream for me, and a dream for you. 216.205.234.2 (talk) 18:49, 11 May 2009 (UTC)I know I don't have a username, and I'm sorry. Call me Ishmael.[reply]
- Can you show us those many, many sources? Iowateen (talk) 19:37, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Sure! http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5267150,00.html, http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/blog.php?b=5183, http://blogs.nypost.com/sports/soccer/archives/2009/05/unheralded_anto.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.205.234.2 (talk) 01:33, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - The Skysports link and the New York Post are reliable sources with significant coverage, but Bigsoccer is a forum. If you or soemone else posts one more reliable source with significant coverage, my !vote will be changed to keep. Iowateen (talk) 03:04, 12 May 2009 (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.