Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joe Duncan (footballer)


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The result was delete. Fenix down (talk) 18:52, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Joe Duncan (footballer)

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Fails WP:GNG (which superseeds WP:NFOOTY). A player who happens to have played one game for a Football League team isn't inherently notable and there is no evidence of significant coverage in reliable sources. Stevie fae Scotland (talk) 12:28, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
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 * Comment I fixed the link to Hugman's but I find it very odd it's just one game for Wrexham for a guy from Lancashire, I would I thought it more likely to play for clubs like Blackpool, Preston, etc. Searching archives for Lancashire clubs might reveal other insights maybe. Govvy (talk) 14:25, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep - meets WP:NFOOTBALL; there are plenty of sources out there, though none that I can see from a very quick Google search that would class as "significant", but I have concerns about nominator failing to WP:BEFORE. GiantSnowman 20:04, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I accept I could have tried to improve the article but I didn't see the point if the subject is not notable. I know there are sources on and offline that this guy existed and played in the Football League and he may well have been mentioned in the local press at the time but all of those sources only indicate that he played in one football game. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, that's why we have GNG. Including *every* footballer who played in one football match - in some cases even two or three matches - and did *nothing* else is not for Wikipedia. NFOOTBALL is only a soft rule which presumes there will be other sources to establish a footballer's notability over and above the standard statistical sites but not every one appearance wonder does generate significant coverage. Most of them don't. Stevie fae Scotland (talk) 20:55, 9 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete. Wholly non-notable.  I should note that in the ITV regional days most people in Wrexham watched Granada anyway, and that he was born on Merseyside with which Wrexham is very closely linked.  RobinCarmody (talk) 22:18, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - this search in newspapers did bring up some relevant hits but they all appear to be just WP:ROUTINE announcements of his signing and none appear to go into depth about him Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 08:20, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable footballer, no significant coverage in reliable sources per User:Stevie fae Scotland. Johnnyconnorabc (talk) 04:24, 16 March 2021 (UTC)


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