Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jelani Smith


 * 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. Stifle (talk) 08:38, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Jelani Smith

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Player is non-notable soccer player; article confirms its own non-notability of having only played college soccer, for youth teams in the Canadian Soccer League (which is not a fully professional league), and for Canadian youth national teams. He currently plays for Toronto Lynx in the PDL (http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/stats/2010/1584595.html), another amateur league. Fails WP:GNG, WP:ATH and WP:FOOTY/N. There are also portions of the page which fail WP:COPYVIO as they seem to be unedited lifts from his college bio JonBroxton (talk) 06:32, 20 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Additional Comment: I also just discovered that this player is still in college, attending Florida Gulf Coast University as per http://fgcuathletics.com/msoccer/roster/113/1197/; further strengthens his status as an amateur player. --JonBroxton (talk) 06:38, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

He's represented both Canada and Ontario! He has amateur status but is playing at the highest possible level, it's evident that he has a future and is a NOTABLE Soccer player. What stage is higher then the international level. There are multiple articles on CSL based players that have much less of a resume then him —Preceding unsigned comment added by Canada Soccer Fan (talk • contribs) 02:48, 24 July 2010 (UTC) <!--Autosigned by SineBot- Changes were submitted to the players information so it is no longer "lifted" from the player bio. Creditable news sources has been added. He has all the qualification of a notable soccer player other than a professional status. Wouldn't make any sense to remove the page.
 * Weak Delete - He's almost got the stuff for WP:ATH. Unfortunatly, I can't see any WP:RS news that is about him that says he is notable. The references are pretty much showing stats and figures etc... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pmedema (talk • contribs)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 08:56, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails WP:ATHLETE and WP:GNG. GiantSnowman 08:58, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:07, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Question Wouldn t playing full youth FIFA internationals pass him, as it is the highest amateur level? Mayumashu (talk) 14:36, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I think the "highest amateur level" thing only applies where there is no professionalism in a sport, which is not the case with soccer. --JonBroxton (talk) 15:29, 23 July 2010 (UTC)