Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eoin Liston


 * 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   keep. WP:SNOW  MBisanz  talk 00:43, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Eoin Liston

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Non-notable individual, no reliable secondary sources, does not meet WP:ATHLETE exception to WP:N. 2008 Olym pian chit chat 19:16, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Appears to be notable within the sport. An unsourced article is no reason to delete. Jenuk1985  |  Talk  19:27, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep While attempting to WP:AGF.I have to ask the nominator if they are serious in this nom? It's a total joke, nomination a 7 time All-Ireland winner Gnevin (talk) 19:36, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment The nominator has nominated a rather large chunk of Irish sport articles, I question if the nom knows enough about the subject? as he/she is from the US? Jenuk1985  |  Talk  19:39, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Regarding "I question if the nom knows enough about the subject as he/she is from the US" - Jenuk, I have to respectfully say I feel this is not helpful to the discussion. It's fair that this user might be nominating articles poorly and may not be aware of the AfD process in full detail, but someone's geographical location or nationality should never be used as a point against their character or edits.  Please remember that this is a global community with a wide range of interests which don't necessarily correspond to physical location.   Flying  Toaster  19:57, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * True, and I apologise, I have struck out the appropriate section. Jenuk1985  |  Talk  20:00, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * That's utterly mature of you, thanks very much. I'm striking my comment.   Flying  Toaster  20:04, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Obviously notable to anyone who knows much about the subject, and I just added a slew of sources. While trying to WP:AGF I too am concerned about the editing pattern here. Tameamseo (talk) 19:43, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep There are plenty of reliable secondary sources here 2008Olympian...  Flying  Toaster  19:52, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Good, then they need to be added into the articles. To have dozens of articles without any sources whatsoever is irresponsible.-- 2008 Olym pian chit chat 20:01, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2008Olympian, there are seven references in this particular article, and all of them are notable and independent. I'm not sure if you don't know the process here or are trying to prove a point, but I'll assume good faith and mention that before you nominate an article for deletion, please check the references section at the bottom to see how the article is sourced.   Flying  Toaster  20:07, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Edit - I see that when you nominated this article, it had much fewer references. Rather than nominate for deletion, it would be great if you could first look online to see if you can find some references.  Just because a subject has few references does not mean it's not notable, and certainly does not mean it should be brought to a deletion discussion.  The  tag can also alert people who are watching the article or who can help that it needs sourcing.  Thanks.   Flying  Toaster  20:09, 3 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I ask that this nom be withdrawn and the article be tagged with or  as appropriate instead. I can find no reason in WP:DEL for this page to be nominated.  Jenuk1985  |  Talk  20:11, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Jenuk, but because of BLP requirements, it needs to be rewritten with some sources very soon. And could all these hurling AfDs not have been grouped?! ╟─ Treasury Tag ► contribs ─╢ 20:12, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notability for amatuer atheletes states "competed at the highest amateur level of a sport".  Clearly has and more. ManfromDelmonte (talk) 21:40, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article satisfies WP:ATH. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:25, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. The references clearly demonstrate that the article meets WP:ATHLETE. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 03:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. This isn't the first time I've seen Wikipedians unfamiliar with the GAA thinking that material is NN just because the articles refer to amateur players or teams. It wasn't so long ago that the Olympics were amateur, ditto for Rugby Union. --Eamonnca1 (talk) 20:49, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong keep He is a very notable athlete who played at the highest level of Ireland's most popular sport for 16 years winning 7 All-Ireland medals! It defies belief that this was even nominated for deletion. Derry Boi (talk) 10:23, 5 March 2009 (UTC)


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