Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Haworth (Footballer)


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The result was delete. Liz Read! Talk! 05:24, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Peter Haworth (Footballer)

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The article states "Nothing is known about Peter Haworth except he deputised for John Lindsay, the regular Accrington goalkeeper and kept a clean-sheet in a 0–0 draw played at Thorneyholme Road against West Bromwich Albion on 8 February 1890." This seems to be an admission that the subject fails WP:GNG and WP:NSPORT. Spicy (talk) 05:07, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Football and England. Spicy (talk) 05:07, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. As the article itself acknowledges, after one match he "disappeared into the obscurity from whence he came." Clarityfiend (talk) 06:17, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * This player played for a top-flight club. However, as that club went bankrupt 130 years ago there are no books on players from Accrington F.C. The only sources for the reserve players who covered an injury etc., are ENFA on-line and on-line newspaper articles through The British Newspaper Library. The only book is Michaal Joyce whose book covers every Football League player from 1888 - 1939. I can add Joyce as a reference if that would save the article. I have proved Peter Haworth played one top-flight football match through the two sources I mentioned. My final point is consistency. There are many articles of other one match top-flight players that have not been deleted even when Joyce was the only source. Ultimately, it is up to Wikipedia. If you want articles on every player who played top-flight football in England then you need to consider a more flexible stance on the number of sources on players of the pre World War 1 era. If not, then I respect your decision but would repeat my point of inconsistency and that it would be a shame that a players 90 minutes of fame or infamy is not recorded for posterity and Wikipedia is the ONLY way of doing that. I leave the decision in your capable hands. BHKendler161148 (talk) 07:20, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 10:02, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:GNG due to lack of significant coverage. Wikipedia is not a database of every top-tier footballer ever, english or otherwise and articles of other players with the same lack of coverage as Haworth should also be deleted. A redirect to Accrington F.C. is also fine in my opinion. Alvaldi (talk) 19:30, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 19:35, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete - I don't even think it merits a redirect to the club article. GiantSnowman 19:36, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete - another casualty of the deprecation of NFOOTY. Fails WP:GNG. Onel 5969  TT me 17:38, 26 March 2023 (UTC)


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