Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aaron Stewart


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 03:23, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Aaron Stewart

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Does not state why player is notable. Only two lines. Was nominated for PROD before but author removed template. Cssiitcic (talk) 21:23, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as has never played professionally, thus failing WP:ATHLETE. пﮟოьεԻ   5  7  23:24, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. пﮟოьεԻ   5  7  23:24, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, has played at least 5 matches in the IFA Premiership. Aecis·(away) talk 23:44, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. The IFA Premiership is not a fully professional league, which means that he fails WP:ATHLETE. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 00:09, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as failing WP:ATHLETE per above. He doesn't look to have gained any significant coverage in the press to pass WP:N either. – Toon (talk)  00:49, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:ATHLETE. GiantSnowman 02:06, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. As above, WP:ATHLETE. Hampton (talk) 05:16, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - has played in top league of football in his country. Nfitz (talk) 03:54, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 15:53, 14 January 2009 (UTC)


 * The IFA is the national league of Ireland. How exactly is it not fully professional? - Mgm|(talk) 01:14, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The players are part-timers, they have "day jobs" as well. Therefore it is not a fully-professional league, which is understood to refer to one in which players do not have to hold down second jobs to supplement football income which by itself is at a level they couldn't get by on -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:56, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The IFA is the football body in Northern Ireland, not the whole of Ireland. The FAI has responsibility for the Republic of Ireland. I understand that there is only one professional club in Northern Ireland, Linfield. There are several professional clubs in the Republic, but even its top league is not fully professional. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 10:54, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - not all countries have fully professional leagues. There's a list of those leagues which are fully professional here. Best, – Toon (talk)  01:18, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep--Meets WP:ATHLETE plays for IFA Premiership, the national football league in Northern Ireland. The list provided above doesn't have any guidelines, or cite any references on how the teams are included in the list. --J.Mundo (talk) 19:31, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually he fails WP:ATHLETE. as the IFA Premiership is not a fully professional league. пﮟოьεԻ   5  7  22:46, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * And the highest amateur level would be playing in the Olympics. The leagues are included in WP:FOOTY's list if they are fully professional, surprisingly enough. – Toon (talk)  01:57, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * What criteria is use to decide what leagues are included? Where I can find this criteria? Did you know that IFA Premiership is included in the top level football leagues of Europe (UEFA)? See Template:UEFA_leagues. --J.Mundo (talk) 02:26, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The fact that it is on that template only means that it is the highest level league in its particular country. "Top level" in that context doesn't mean it's ranked as one of the best leagues in Europe or anything like that (in fact UEFA ranks it only as the 46th best league in Europe, behind such awesome footballing powers as Albania and Cyprus, and only two places above the Faroe Islands!).  The criterion is clearly set out in WP:ATHLETE - the league has to be fully professional (i.e. not include players who are only part-time footballers with "day jobs").  This article from the IFA Premiership's own official website confirms the non-fully-professional nature of the league, with the quote "Our Premiership is what it is, a part-time league, with part-time players and largely the clubs are run by enthusiastic fans who get no financial reward." - seems fairly clear-cut to me..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:30, 16 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. Fails WP:ATHLETE as he has not yet played at a fully-professional level, and only fleeting mentions in local press would not be enough to pass WP:BIO neither. Bettia   (rawr!)  10:04, 16 January 2009 (UTC)


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