User talk:RodgerRodge1999

Welcome
Hi there, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that you created the article on Henry Schade. There is a general guideline for notability on wikipedia that says that articles should only be created where there is significant coverage in independent reliable sources. There is also a athlete specific guideline that articles should only be created where the player has played at a fully professional level. For Australian rules football, we deem this level to be AFL (or the former VFL), or having won a major award at SANFL/WAFL/TFL/NEAFL level. For older players the line is blurred, somewhat. For drafted players who have yet to debut, the line is very unclear. The soccer project is very strict on deleting articles on young players signed, but yet to debut. We generally let the articles remain, as long as there is some significant coverage in independent sources - ie not just a mention or name in a match report or list, and not only in the club/school website.

Schade is probably just over the line, thanks to the Mercury and Courier Mail articles, but please keep this in mind if you create any more articles on newly drafted players. The wikipedia rules, formatting, guidelines and habits can be a bit confusing at first, so if you have any questions, please reply here or at my talk page, and also keep an eye on the WikiProject Australian rules football and it's talk page. Cheers, The-Pope (talk) 16:00, 28 October 2012 (UTC)