Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dylan Duffy


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The result was keep. Seraphimblade Talk to me 01:33, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Dylan Duffy

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Fails WP:GNG due to lack of WP:SIGCOV. Of the sources in the article, is a database profile on Soccerway,  is a database profile,  is a small match report,  and  are routine transfer reports,  is a match report. I was unable to find anything significant during a search, only routine transfer reports and trivial mentions. Alvaldi (talk) 11:07, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople and Football. Alvaldi (talk) 11:07, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Ireland and England. AllyD (talk) 13:35, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 18:00, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep - half-decent analysis of the sources in the article, no effort to find anything not in the article, such as this and this, amongst others. There's enough coverage to justify an article. GiantSnowman 18:04, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I did make a honest effort to search for other sources and actually came across the lincoln.vitalfootball.co.uk one, but the single paragraph that covers him is in my humble opinion not significant enough as it basically states he has been injured, trains well and we might see him on the field in the future. I also do have my doubts on the sites reliability as it states that it is an independent fans network and it seems anyone can send in an article (not sure its the case here, the author seems to be a regular). I didn't come across the one from punditarena.com though and while it is probably the best source so far, it is still only three short paragraphs and what we can write from it is that he comes from Shamrock Rovers' academy, moved to Premier Division club UCD and has played well there. Sorry to say, but not enough to convince me. Alvaldi (talk) 18:51, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Weak keep per references added by GiantSnowman, which each contain several sentences of independent coverage. Not a clear pass of WP:GNG, but a pass nonetheless.  Frank   Anchor  19:58, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep - Per above. Also he is young player with ongoing career in fully pro EFL League One, which receives lots of media coverage. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 20:18, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Weak keep Just passes WP:BASIC in my view. Just barely. Govvy (talk) 21:56, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep - I added two sources. He passes WP:GNG.KatoKungLee (talk) 15:12, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The sources you added are routine transfer pieces. GiantSnowman 18:21, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. The "Vital Lincoln City" source is a fan blog run by someone who used to run a Lincoln City booster club and who doesn't appear to have any relevant credentials. Not an RS or independent. Pundit Arena describes itself as "a sports media platform that provides aspiring journalists and highly articulate fans with an audience to showcase their work. If you are an aspiring writer, forget trying to start a blog, you can create a name and a brand for yourself on Pundit Arena." It does claim to have an "in-house team of established sports writers and editors", and the author of the Duffy piece does have a journalism degree. However, even if it's reliable this source is just three sentences in a listicle with almost zero encyclopedic information. This is not a GNG pass. JoelleJay (talk) 23:05, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Draftify - Article fails WP:GNG; online coverage is routine/trivial (match reports and transfer announcements that contain little more than a sentence about Duffy). However, once he plays a bit in League One, I suspect a GNG pass is plausible so sending to draft makes sense here. Jogurney (talk) 20:19, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep, clearly passes GNG with recent coverage that's added.--Ortizesp (talk) 06:26, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Which sources? JoelleJay (talk) 15:25, 1 April 2023 (UTC)


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