Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benjamin Foster


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 04:20, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Benjamin Foster

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Contested prod. Concern was "Never played professionally, so fails WP:ATHLETE, doesn't seem to pass WP:GNG either" and does not appear to have been addressed Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:52, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:53, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:54, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:54, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as original PRODder. The player seems to have had a brief trial (try-out, for our US readers) with Crystal Palace two years ago, which came to nothing, and seems to have disappeared without trace since -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:01, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete He doesn't meet WP:GNG, and he is not entitled to the inherent notability listed in WP:ATHLETE, which is limited to "People who have competed at the fully professional level of a sport". He may have been employed by the team, and may even have been on the bench during a game, but, unfortunately, he did not compete at the fully professional level.  Generally, athletes who haven't taken the field do not make it into the player register in any sport.  Mandsford 19:19, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - This guy doesn't seem to have ever made an appearance for a fully professional team in a senior competition. – PeeJay 19:30, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment if deleted, page should be redirected to Ben Foster. JulesH (talk) 20:00, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails WP:ATHLETE and WP:GNG. GiantSnowman 21:34, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - just in case anyone does a Google News search on "Ben Foster"+"football" or similar, I should point out that this is not the same guy as Ben Foster (footballer) who is in the news at the moment and very notable indeed...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:42, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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