Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Danny Phillips


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The result was delete. Daniel Case 04:02, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Danny Phillips

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Non-notable footballer. Mattythewhite 21:57, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Ref (chew) (do) 22:06, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Danny Phillips played youth football and reserve-team football at Charlton, and a first-team game for Charlton at Exeter City in pre-season. Was not offered a new contract and went to Bournemouth then onto Weymouth. Can't see that he ever made a first-team appearance in a fully professional league. So we have a player nearly but not quite making the grade. Not notable. --Malcolmxl5 23:43, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete The player needs professional status to qualify as notable. --Stormbay 23:51, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Does not appear to have played in a fully-professional league. Number   5  7  08:08, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The Conference National, although not a 'fully professional league', is still a league in which players can earn £1,000+ a week (and the vast majority of the teams in it are professional (including Weymouth, the team DP currently plays for)). Mattythewhite, you added Brian Dutton for goodness' sake. Danny Phillips has been at a bigger club than Dutts, and as far as I know, Phillips is still playing for a football team (i.e. Weymouth), unlike Dutton. Alexrushfear 14:09, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Dutton has played in a fully professional league. Phillips hasn't. Mattythewhite 14:21, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 substitute appearances for Cambridge United? Goodness gracious me. And you're going by a website that still thinks Simon Downer, Roy O'Brien, Shaun Wilkinson and Gareth Williams still play for Weymouth? Alexrushfear 14:33, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * And? 3 substitute appearences is enough to give notability. See WP:BIO. Mattythewhite 14:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * WP:BIO: 'Competitors who have played or competed at the highest level in amateur sports.' If the Conference is classed as being non-professional, it is the highest amateur level of football. If you're not willing to class it as either of those, perhaps Wikipedia should re-write it's notability policy for semi-professional footballers or players at clubs in semi-professional leagues. Alexrushfear 16:11, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * As regularly stated when people bring this up, that's a misreading of WP:BIO. The highest amateur level is for those sports which are played on a purely amateur basis (e.g. Gaelic football). Those sports which are played professionally are covered by the "fully professional league" qualification, and do not also merit an additional tier of amateur coverage. Robotforaday 16:44, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Something I'd recommend to be brought up at WP:FOOTY. Mattythewhite 16:11, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable footballer. *drew 15:35, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep Plays for a professional team. I might change my vote based on this discussion. Dave101 →talk  09:13, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
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