Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jody Banim


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The result was delete. Kurykh (talk) 20:32, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Jody Banim

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Fails Wikipedia:Notability (sports) as he has never played in a fully professional league - in this case, for any club in the English Premier League or Football League. He may be a notable non-league player, but this does not make him notable as far as having his own article is concerned. Monty (talk) 21:59, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Sussexpeople (talk) 07:49, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete - Fails NFOOTY as has not played or managed senior international football nor played or managed in a fully professional league. No indication that subject has garnered significant reliable coverage for any other achievements to satisfy GNG. Sources provided are just routine match / transfer reporting. Fenix down (talk) 09:08, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. GiantSnowman 18:38, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NFOOTY failure. Number   5  7  11:46, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - non-notable footballer. Fails WP:NFOOTY. CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   18:46, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:59, 11 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment - I haven't really had a chance to dig deep enough yet, but at first blush, there seems to be a lot of press coverage for this player of his 20-year history, particularly in regards to his various years with Radcliffe Borough - where he seems to be some kind of local legend. The references in the article itself are all pretty routine, but have those who have looked into this delved into the media coverage enough? Nfitz (talk) 04:54, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I see a lot of mentions in match reports and some coverage in local (i.e. town level) newspapers, but the only thing i have found that would show any level of wider coverage is a brief telegraph article on an award he received for consecutive goals scored. Fenix down (talk) 07:12, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hmm. He set the English record for goals scored in consecutive games (at 14). Does this record still stand? . I'm surprised it's not listed at Football records in England - though that seems to focus on team records rather than individual achievement. Nfitz (talk) 14:31, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I think the problem with that is that it is non-league whereas the records page only looks at league football. I'm sure that he did not in fact set such a record and that someone playing at an even lower league would have done better to be honest. Would suggest that given that the rest of his career was at a low level, that that would be BLP1E anyway without wider coverage (though maybe some interviews exist off the back of it that discuss his career in wider detail). Fenix down (talk) 14:58, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * True, that would be BLP1E in itself. But I haven't really dug yet (been out of town for a while). A record that has probably been beaten in a pub league ... though this is semi-pro. None the less, I think further digging is necessary. I'm troubled by the shear volume of primarily non-notable references over a 20-year period - and the local legend stuff. Nfitz (talk) 15:17, 11 April 2017 (UTC)


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