Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Lomax


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The result was Speedy Keep. The nominator has withdrawn the nominator. Clear consensus to keep, and only delete !vote is simply a "Per nom" argument. (non-admin closure) Foxnpichu (talk) 20:30, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Mike Lomax

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Only claim to notability is from technically passing WP:NFOOTBALL for playing 12 minutes of professional football for Macclesfield; a totally inconsequential substitute appearance. I could find no evidence of being able to pass WP:GNG from this appearance alone or from his subsequent amateur career. There is a growing consensus that footballers that only just pass NFOOTY can and should be deleted if GNG is comprehensively failed. These were the best secondary sources that I could find. Spiderone 12:54, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Withdraw - I had naively assumed that he had signed for Marine Castle and just not played. If the S.League was fully professional back then, then I'm happy to withdraw this. Spiderone  17:16, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * – S.League says it was created by the FA of Singapore as a pro league to replace the previous semi-pro top level in 1996, and there's no suggestion at WP:FPL that it hasn't always been fully pro, so I'm assuming it always has been. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 18:16, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  12:55, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete Per nom BigCheese76 (talk) 15:51, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. To avoid wasting people's time unnecessarily, Mr Lomax did actually play a full season in the 2001 S.League (a fully professional league) for Marine Castle United as one of their quota of foreigners, as well as his 12 minutes for Macclesfield. Please see e.g. Google search of non-RS host of official SLeague match details which place him in at least 14 SLeague matches that season, Soccerbot results and scorers (1 winning goal, 1 own goal), Straits Times match report of him scoring that winner, not freely accessible online. If I'd noticed that club added to his infobox I might have updated categories, prose etc at the time, will update him properly later today or over the weekend. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 16:28, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per Struway2 -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:49, 11 December 2020 (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.