Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ben Martin (footballer, born 1986)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 18:50, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Ben Martin (footballer, born 1986)

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Article I created 15 years ago, long before WP:NSPORTS2022 when the community made it clear that sports biographies must satisfy WP:GNG. There is no significant coverage in reliable sources available; the article comprehensively fails WP:GNG. There is plenty of routine coverage of his exploits in Israeli football, but these are brief name drops in articles covering Liberian footballers abroad rather than in-depth coverage. Jogurney (talk) 17:22, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football,  and Africa.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 17:29, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 17:47, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per page creator's request. As mentioned in nomination, he was mentioned quite a bit on AllAfrica.com and The New Dawn in Liberia, but these are passing mentions – generally not more than "hasn't yet scored any goals", "is one of the Liberian players in Israel", "will be playing in this match", and "scored goals along with others". The one focused article about him is the Radio Liberia piece cited, regarding how much abuse he received from ZESCO fans in Zambia; we don't discuss the specifics in the WP article currently, but in any case it doesn't really offer any meaningful information about the player himself, and there is also a concern that we're indirectly spotlighting the negative for a non-notable individual in the Wikipedia sense. Cielquiparle (talk) 06:27, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per page creator's request. Props to Jogurney for reassessing his own creation in light of WP:NSPORTS2022. Cbl62 (talk) 15:13, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found please ping me. GiantSnowman 16:59, 8 April 2023 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.