Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike McComish


 * 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   keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 02:03, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Mike McComish

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This page is absolutely non-notable. The text is not sufficient to cover the article and the only reference cited gives a 404 error.

An user argues that the page is notable simply because this person is a professional player. Applying this criteria, Wikipedia should have articles for every professional player in the world (professional can be understood as paid player or expert).

The text does not tell the reader why this player should have an article (why he is notable to Wikipedia). That "Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia" does not mean that can be put whatever thing in it.

I consider this article should be deleted, and therefore, I ask the community to evaluate the existence of it. Zerabat (talk) 20:14, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
 * comment - I am the user mentioned above. I did not argue that he is notable simply because McCormish is a professional player.  I declined speedy deletion (twice) because being a professional player is a claim to significance and since WP:A7 is about a claim to significance it does not meet the speedy deletion criterion.  GB fan 20:21, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Clear keep, established player for top-level team. I've added a cite. Really this should not be here, a very lazy nomination: certaily the existing link is dead in that it leads to to a 404 on the club page: searching this would have found something, as wouls a google using "Mike McComish rugby". TheLongTone (talk) 22:55, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Northern Ireland-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:32, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Rugby union-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:32, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:32, 29 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep and expand professional athletes are notable. Busy Moose (talk) 16:42, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 13:30, 6 July 2014 (UTC)




 * Keep and expand - a player for a popular sport's national side is noteworthy in my opinion. Solntsa90 (talk) 18:55, 6 July 2014 (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.