Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ben Cottrell


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The result was delete. Fenix down (talk) 12:23, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Ben Cottrell

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As far as I can see, this fails both WP:NFOOTBALL and WP:GNG. He has some coverage but, in reliable sources, it's nowhere near as in depth as, say, Marcelo Flores, who also fails NFOOTBALL, but has a decent claim to passing GNG. Most of the coverage of Cottrell is just in Arsenal fan sites and blogs. Suggest delete or draftify. Spiderone 10:23, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete - fails GNG and NFOOTBALL. GiantSnowman 12:20, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - Player has made first team debut in UEFA Europa League. Supersaints2014Supersaints2014 13:57, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * NFOOTBALL states Players who have played, and managers who have managed, in a competitive game between two teams from fully professional leagues will generally be regarded as notable.. Since he has not done this, he fails NFOOTBALL. This can be kept if sources show that he passes WP:GNG, though. Spiderone  14:12, 14 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete football notability is so ludicrously broad that if we let anything else in related to football we will descend to being even more of footballpedia than we already are.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:48, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * TBF the sport notability guidelines apply to all sports, they aren't specific to football. We also have articles on the likes of Frank Abercrombie and Henry Benn, who each played exactly one professional game of baseball in his entire life....... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:36, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * They should probably be discussed, thanks for pointing them out! I can point to at least 70 AFD discussions where soccer players who played 1-5 professional games have been deleted. This is due to a consensus that has been developing. Geschichte (talk) 11:25, 15 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete for now. As said aboveconsensus has been developing that appearing in part of one game is not enough. In this case I think it is probably a case of WP:TOOSOON as the subject of the article may yet make regular appearances at professional level. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dunarc (talk • contribs)
 * Delete per WP:NFOOTY failure. Number   5  7  16:59, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: He played in the Europa League in a match between two professional teams.Muur (talk) 02:06, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Dundalk does not play in a fully professional league, please see WP:FPL. Spiderone  10:43, 20 December 2020 (UTC)


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