Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John O'Sullivan (footballer)


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:35, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

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Footballer who has not played at a professional level, fails WP:FOOTYN and WP:GNG. Tassedethe (talk) 00:05, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom really. Standard case of a young player article being created before the lad has done anything in the game. It will quite possibly be recreated when he makes his debut on loan somewhere like Accrington Stanley next season but for now no professional games means no article. Keresaspa (talk) 03:18, 14 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep:Worldwide coverage is a furphy IMO, after all the Australian evening news bulletin I watched on TV last night carried a story about an armoured van that nearly went off the side of a freeway overpass in Los Angeles. I also think that a non professional football player should be a consideration, as this particular player has less than 100 games counting; and I feel that every time one of this guy's articles is kept it encourages him to persist. Aside from that, the player can be covered adequately elsewhere - in the article about the team to which the coach was assigned as well as in the list of AFDs. Sonarclawz (talk) 07:12, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
 * "all the Australian evening news bulletin I watched on TV last night carried a story about an armoured van that nearly went off the side of a freeway overpass in Los Angeles" - am I missing something? What on earth has that got to do with this article....? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:43, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The more I read it, the less I understand it - the whole post, that is. The news bulletin is, I think, showing that what used to be local news is now world news. I'm not sure. A furphy is a rumour, by the way. Peridon (talk) 16:35, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Comments Is an "all Ireland runner-up Feile medal in the same year that he won a Kennedy Cup medal" (?in Gaelic Football notable)? Secondly, We don't have articles to encourage people to persist - that's their job. We record them when they get there. Number three: The article says he's professional - does he still have to have played at first team level to pass WP:ATHLETE or is being pro count? (And is he?) Peridon (talk) 16:42, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
 * PS I'm not sure what Sonarclawz last sentence above is about. Probably be me missing something somewhere. Peridon (talk) 16:46, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I can't claim to know much about the GAA but a bit of googling tells me that DDSL stands for Dublin District Schoolboys League and youth competitions, whilst they may be notable in and off themselves, do not confer notability on participants. WP:FOOTYN sets the bar for notability for football as at least one league game for a professional club, which O'Sullivan has yet to meet. He is a pro but without that game he fails the specific notability test in this case. And I'm afraid I can't understand that sentence either. Keresaspa (talk) 23:31, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete - non-notable youth player. Has not played in a fully-pro league, failing WP:NFOOTBALL, and has not recieved significant coverage, so fails WP:GNG. GiantSnowman 09:43, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:39, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - per nom. There is insufficient coverage for this article to meet WP:GNG, and since Mr. O'Sullivan has not played in a fully pro league, the article fails WP:NSPORT as well. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:57, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
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