Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bob Thomas (Irish footballer)


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The result was delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. ✗ plicit  15:02, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Bob Thomas (Irish footballer)

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Tagged for notability since 2010. The single reference is a match programme, which fails WP:SIGCOV. Fails WP:GNG. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:33, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Sportspeople, Football,  and Ireland. UtherSRG (talk) 14:33, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and WP:SPORTBASIC. The absolute minimum criteria of SPORTSBASIC is that "Sports biographies must include at least one reference to a source providing significant coverage of the subject, excluding database sources". That is not met. Nor, in my own BEFORE searches, can I find anything other than trivial passing mentions in fan blogs (like this scarcely fleeting mention). There's nothing to expand the article beyond the sub-stub we have (or support even basic biographical details like DOB, death, etc). Guliolopez (talk) 20:16, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 22:48, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. A pretty common type of article, a sportsbio with references to either match programs or databases. From my searches, I could not find anything that comes close to SIGCOV.  ULPS ( talk •  contribs ) 03:23, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Probable keep I think it's highly probable this is an important historic figure in Irish football. I found one source, although it is The Sun!, But winning all those honours means something. I believe this is all about digging deep and finding those offline sources. He clearly seems an important figure with two clubs of Bohemian F.C. and Shelbourne F.C., I did also have a dig at google. But it's a tough one for sure. But if this is deleted then this is really sad for wikipedia. Govvy (talk) 15:29, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found please ping me. GiantSnowman 21:14, 16 August 2023 (UTC)


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