Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paddy McGuinness (footballer)


 * 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 redirect to List of St Kilda Football Club players. Liz Read! Talk! 07:41, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Paddy McGuinness (footballer)

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no decent sources - doesn't pass gng or nsport Wotanluzo (talk) 10:43, 13 December 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 13:25, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople and Australia. Shellwood (talk) 11:55, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep: According to my simple understanding of the overall Wiki-policy in relation to Australian Rules footballers, any individual who has played at least one VFL or VFA match is "notable". Also, he is "notable" for the additional reason that he was a former VFL footballer who died in action in World War I (List of Victorian Football League players who died in active service). Lindsay658 (talk) 14:34, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
 * @Lindsay658 Your understanding is wrong as the inclusion criteria is coverage based, not participation based. Per WP:NSPORTS, all athletes must have the significant coverage to pass WP:GNG. Alvaldi (talk) 12:59, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of St Kilda Football Club players. Agree with OP after personal search for online and digitized news references. The old WP:NAFL that Lindsay658 mentioned no longer exists per WP:NSPORTS2022. Redirect instead of delete to keep consistent with similar AfDs for low-game VFL players, e.g. Articles_for_deletion/Graham_Kemp. Aspirex (talk) 20:51, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I maintain my 'redirect' opinion in spite of the increase in reference count since first comment; new references are all WP:ROUTINE, comprising sports databases, newspaper listings of matriculation results, and army reference lists. No WP:SIGCOV. Aspirex (talk) 20:11, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Now has quite a few cited resources. Lindsay658 (talk) 19:18, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Redirect to List of St Kilda Football Club players. It does not appear that he that significant for a separate article. --Bduke (talk) 07:23, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Note I have blocked nominator as a sock. No opinion on whether the subject meets notability criteria. Sro23 (talk) 17:14, 26 December 2022 (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.