Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Smith (English Footballer - Striker)


 * 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 - unanimous consensus for deletion. In addition, no convincing evidence was presented that the subject meets WP:ATHLETE, particularly that he has played in a fully professional league. Separately, reliable sources were not cited to attempt to establish notability. TerriersFan (talk) 21:58, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Chris Smith (English Footballer - Striker)
I originally PROD'ed this article about an English footballer on the grounds that he had never played in a professional league and therefore fails WP:ATHLETE. At that point an additional claim of a brief professional career was added to the article. The additional claim is that the player played professionally in South Korea in 2004. Given that for 11 months of that calendar year he was only 15 years of age, I find this incredibly hard to believe and can find no sources whatsoever to support it, whereas surely an English schoolboy travelling to the other side of the world and winning awards playing against grown men in a league which hardly any (if any) English players have ever played in would have garnered lots of coverage. Although the PROD template was not removed per se, I'm going to treat the addition of the extra claim as a disputing of the PROD and am therefore bringing it to AfD ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:54, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:50, 7 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. GiantSnowman 23:57, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete The claim that that the subject once played in Korea is unverifiable and likely false given that the subject would have still been at school! The only content that is verifiable is that he apparently signed for Leek Town in January 2008 and has played for Maine Road and Alsager.. On the that basis, clearly not notable and fails WP:Athlete. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:03, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as per above --Jimbo[online] 07:29, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. пﮟოьεԻ   5  7  10:52, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete and remove link from Chris Smith, I consider this unsourced claim of playing in Japan as a WP:REDFLAG and in my efforts I cannot WP:VERIFY it, and have found information that contradicts it - his own page on a social networking site, which is a bad source so I have not provided a link. Rambo's Revenge (talk)  14:35, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - I think the K-League claim is a hoax. On Leek Town's unofficial website, his penpic reads "CHRIS SMITH: (19, Striker) Forward signed from NWCFL side Maine Road in January 2008. Chris has also played for Alsager Town." Surely if he really played in the K-League, it would have been mentioned here, especially seeing as the former league teams of other players are mentioned. Bettia   (talk)  14:55, 9 May 2008 (UTC)


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