Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Damián van der Vaart


 * 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 redirect‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to Rafael van der Vaart. Any editor who wishes to have a restored version placed in Draft space may contact me or another administrator. — Cactus Writer (talk) 22:48, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Damián van der Vaart

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This 17-year-old footballer doesn't appear to have even played a full professional game for any club. It seems that most of the news stories about him are due to him being the son of Rafael van der Vaart. Black Kite (talk) 21:39, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football,  and Netherlands.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 21:47, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Rafael van der Vaart, where he is already mentioned extensively, per ATD and CHEAP. This is a youth player in all his clubs. gidonb (talk) 22:07, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment. We should probably shift to write articles about footballers that have accomplished something within the sport, so as to avoid newspaper articles based on pure speculation. The latter sources come naturally with young players, especially children of former players. Geschichte (talk) 05:44, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Redirect per gidonb. Clara A. Djalim (talk) 09:24, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Draft 17 year-old footballer who has yet to start his career. Best served in draft space, if he does play, then he plays and has his own coverage. Redirecting would just hide him, draft is a better of the choice. Also if people goto the article, they can then see there is an article to work on in draft space. Can't be worked on if it's a redirect! :/ Govvy (talk) 09:41, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 19:11, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Redirect as above. Due to famous father, likely to be searched and then re-created when a redlink comes up. A redirect removes that risk to some degree. GiantSnowman 19:16, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Draftify – And the alternative to redirect is also plausible. Svartner (talk) 03:53, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep, passes GNG with significant coverage.--Ortizesp (talk) 12:27, 27 May 2024 (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.