Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Armstrong-Ford


 * 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. opinion seems clear that his role in the sport was not notable. I recognize I just closed an AfD where I commented, but I think this one was obvious. Anyione who disagrees is welcome to reopen it.  DGG ( talk ) 02:32, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Matt Armstrong-Ford

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Non-notable footballer who appears to be in the reserves/youths at Exeter City, and has played first-team football in only minor leagues so fails WP:ATHLETE. Also fails WP:GNG due to lack of independent substantial sources. Big Dom  20:41, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment The article was an unreferenced BLP, It was prodded by the present nominator apparently without any check whatsoever for references. I don;t work in this field, but I do know enough to check in Google News, and I found over a dozen. I added one to get it started, and the others can be seem from the link above.   I'm not qualified to judge whether his position on  either his present or previous team is notable. It seems more logical to me that if it is not, one would  add the references documenting the positions, and then propose for deletion on the grounds of notability. Proposing it on the grounds of having no references just makes things more complicated, since if they are found then additional steps are needed. Anyway, it frequently turn out that something is in the references to show notability that is not apparent from the article, especially one as sketchy as this.  DGG ( talk ) 21:23, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The thing was I meant to just add a regular PROD template, but using Twinkle I inadvertently added one of those new BLPPRODs. However, by the time I realised it was too late. You won't find anything in the references to show notability; in England only footballers who have played in the fourth tier or above are deemed notable and this player definitely hasn't. Big  Dom  05:49, 29 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:55, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:28, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - player has never played at a notable level, so fails WP:ATHLETE. Also fails WP:GNG - all Google News hits in the link above (including the one now in the article) are only passing mentions in match reports or articles about other things, none are in-depth coverage of the player himself -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:26, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - As stated above, he has never played professionally, and all coverage is fairly rountine journalism. He therefore fails WP:ATHLETE and WP:GNG. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:48, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - player fails WP:ATHLETE and WP:GNG. GiantSnowman 23:36, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Clear failure of WP:ATH. --Mkativerata (talk) 19:45, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails both WP:ATHLETE and WP:GNG Steve-Ho (talk) 12:32, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.