Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anderson de Carvalho Barbosa


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The result was   keep. Non-admin closure.  Jamie ☆ S93  00:44, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Anderson de Carvalho Barbosa
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prod was contested. I still have no clue why this guy is notable. Person who deproded says he plays for a pro team and that makes him notable. I don't know anything about soccer but I do know a bit about sports in general and do know there are many pro athletes who never make it off the proverbial bench or maybe play in only one or two games. In essence, the back up to the back up kinda player. This article gives me no clue as to why he is wiki worthy. Is he the Pele of his time? Or is he the bench warmer? Or is he somewhere in between? I have no clue cause the article doesn't tell me! And as a encyclopedia, Wiki authors should not keep their info to themselves but share their info to educate us ignorant on the subject at hand! Postcard Cathy (talk) 03:26, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I fixed up the AfD links. Raymie Humbert (local radar | current conditions) 03:47, 17 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep - he meets the notability criterion, per WP:ATHLETE, as I said when de-prodding it. I don't like the rule either, but it has been decided that people who play for fully professional teams are notable.  If you don't like it, try to get the notability rules changed.  Trying to delete this article seems to be WP:IDONTLIKEIT. PamD (talk) 06:57, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:02, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 01:50, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Passes WP:Athlete. The article needs significant improvement (some references at the very least) but it isn't subject to deletion for notability. Camw (talk) 03:08, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep if someone updates so it meets WP:V to demonstrate that WP:ATHLETE is relevant- I will if I have time but I can't guarantee it. Here's a starter: this shows he exists and played in the highest level tournament in asian football. He also needs adding to the disambig page at Anderson (footballer), and properly linked on the Sharjah page. Stu.W UK (talk) 11:10, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep passes WP:ATHLETE. GiantSnowman 11:17, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong keep article may need a lot of work, but I've added a reference which shows it is about an athlete who played nearly 100 matches in the fully-pro Campeonato Brasiliero Serie A. Jogurney (talk) 21:31, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep' - passes WP:ATHLETE, and generally, nominations who are only hoping to spur article improvement are in poor form. matt91486 (talk) 22:29, 21 April 2009 (UTC)


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