Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ben Ferguson (footballer)


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 12:07, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Ben Ferguson (footballer)

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Footballer who has never played at a professional level (or even high semi-professional level, having spent his entire career to date in regional competitions in Devon and Cornwall). Quite a few references cited, but all make only passing mention of this player. ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:35, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:35, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

I am a keen user of wikipedia and think it is a fantstic site. However, I am very unhappy that this page is even being considered for deletion. He has also played at Step 5 and has been paid to play the game for several years now. The term, semi-professional sums up Ben. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmplymouth1 (talk • contribs) 12:13, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails WP:ATHLETE and WP:GNG. GiantSnowman 18:03, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:23, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Please note that Torquay United, Plymouth Argyle, Ipswich Town and the Welsh FA are all professional bodies; therefore, this page merits a space on this site due to complying with WP:ATHLETE. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmplymouth1 (talk • contribs) 08:15, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
 * ........however he never played at a professional level for any of those teams (according to the article he was at Torquay as a 13-year old academy player and all he had with the other three was unsuccesful try-outs), hence he does not in fact satisfy WP:ATHLETE. Note the part that says "A player who signs for a domestic team but has not played in any games is not deemed to have participated in a competition, and is therefore not generally regarded as being notable. Youth players are not notable unless they satisfy one of the statements above, or if they can be shown to meet the wider requirements of WP:GNG." -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:20, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Well, I think both points have been pertinently made so I, therefore, leave it to whom will make the decision to delete this page. I personally have spent a lot of time on this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmplymouth1 (talk • contribs) 10:01, 24 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete Simply being on the books of a professional club is not to sufficient to pass WP:ATH. Also fails WP:GNG. J Mo 101 (talk) 10:45, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Hasn't played in a professional competition so fails all relevant criteria. I would suggest that the creator works on articles that do meet said criteria. The article looks much better than many that I've seen during my time on here but unless he plays professionally any time soon then it can't be saved. Argyle 4 Life  talk  18:26, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, he fails both WP:ATHLETE and WP:GNG. --Carioca (talk) 21:04, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
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