Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Gash


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The result was   delete. Wizardman 14:51, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Michael Gash

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Previously contested PROD, stating he may pass WP:BIO. However, I see nothing in the article of note that meets WP:BIO. The player clearly fails WP:ATHLETE having never played in a fully-professional competition. --Jimbo[online] 12:03, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions.   — Cliff smith  talk  18:08, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete I previously prodded the article in July but the prod was contested with the edit summary, "remove prod - may be notable for other reasons that WP:ATHLETE - meets WP:FOOTYN and also may meet WP:BIO because of media coverage - http://news.google.ca/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=ca&q=%22Mi" (n.b. the google link doesn't work as it is truncated). I spent a bit of time researching google hits and also Newsbank (an online reference facility of newspapers available through UK libraries) to see if there was any substantial coverage of Gash to demonstrate notability per WP:BIO. However, almost all references to Gash are in match reports with just a few about his career that I have used to expand the article to what you see now. Of the three references used, only one is solely about Gash ("Striker Gash seals Ebbsfleet move") and even that is not very much. Gash not only fails WP:Athlete but also WP:BIO in my view. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:22, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as not meeting WP:ATHLETE. The references do not separately meet WP:BIO. The BBC and many other UK media organisations routinely record movements of non-league players. Smile a While (talk) 17:14, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. GiantSnowman 10:42, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. GiantSnowman 10:42, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Google reference should have been . He seems to get an inordinate amount of national news coverage for a Conference team. Meets WP:FOOTYN. Plays for a fully professional team. Nfitz (talk) 18:08, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment, none of those on Google news meet WP:BIO. Anyway, there seems to be no more than any other non-notable player in the same league e.g. John Akinde, Adam Bartlett, Matt Tubbs or Darren Stride. --Jimbo[online] 07:39, 15 August 2008 (UTC)


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