Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James John Taylor


 * 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. Liz Read! Talk! 21:29, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

James John Taylor

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Hasn't played in a fully-pro league (fails WP:NFOOTY). No significant coverage of the subject (fails WP:GNG). Nehme1499 09:23, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Nehme1499 09:23, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
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 * Delete - fails SNG and GNG. If by any chance the article is kept then it needs renaming, as his COMMONNAME clearly isn't "James John Taylor" -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:27, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't think playing a few games in the Conference South justifies an encyclopedia article. --Michig (talk) 10:55, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi all. Appreciate your points, however Bath were and still are a professional club when he played for them, albeit playing in what's still classed as a part pro, part semi-pro league supposedly. However the National League is a professional league and setup. He's been mentioned on the Bristol City - a professional, championship club who're verified, Twitter on numerous occasions.

Please also bare in mind that James is a professional footballer who's signed a three year contract at Bristol City, again a Championship club. I appreciate he hasn't played for them, however there are players who've Wikipedia's that have also never played in a fully professional league either.

The name change is absolutely fine.

Look forward to hearing back. Benpring112 (talk) 11:12, 18 February 2022 (UTC)


 * there are players who've Wikipedia's that have also never played in a fully professional league either. - then those should be deleted too. Please see WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:20, 18 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete - fails GNG and NFOOTBALL. GiantSnowman 12:41, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

I believe James will be going on loan to a professional league in the coming weeks, so you can either delete now and i resubmit when ready, or we just leave it and I'll edit when relevant? Benpring112 (talk) 13:25, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
 * That's just supposition and unfortunately per WP:CRYSTALBALL we can't base an article on that. If he does play professionally in the coming weeks/months, the article can be recreated -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:46, 18 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete or Draft Very puffy piece, it would need a lot better sourcing for me to pass GNG. I am don't mind the article being moved to draft space. Govvy (talk) 14:56, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:GNG and is also promotional, so if he becomes notable in future, a better, NPOV article should be created instead. <b style="color:#0033ab">Joseph</b><b style="color:#000000">2302</b> (talk) 09:20, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * <small class="delsort-notice">Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Wales-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 22:47, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment - Taylor is Welsh as per BeSoccer and Soccerway Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 22:48, 22 February 2022 (UTC)


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