Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phil Jones (footballer)


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The result was   delete. Master of Puppets - Call me MoP! :D  05:09, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Phil Jones (footballer)

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Original PROD removed citing the reason being "Phil Jones will be making his 1st team debut in League Cup vs Gillingham tomorrow. Not to mention he was today given a 1st shirt no." &mdash; which is/was crystal ballery. He did not play against Gillingham  and has not played in a fully-professional league/cup, thus the article fails WP:ATHLETE. Also fails WP:GNG as there is no significant independent coverage. --Jimbo[online] 20:00, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete without prejudice to recreation if those confident predictions do come good. Oh and Jimbo, thanks for reminding me we got beat the other night :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:10, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as ChrisTheDude said, it can be recreated when he makes his debut in the league or cup. Eddie6705 (talk) 11:26, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - doesn't have a squad profile on the BBC website either fwiw. Blue Square Thing (talk) 15:48, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Has been given a number and profile by SoccerBase as a recognised first team footballer. Has been given his first team profile by Blackburn Rovers. Has been highlighted as a squad player for the coming season. RoverTheBendInSussex (talk) 15:48, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Having links on trivial sites aren't crietria for keeping an article. --Jimbo[online] 15:01, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It isn't a trivia site idiot. It is a public Encyclopedia of footballers which is referenced in just about every single footballers profile on this website. If it isn't a viable reference, then neither should Wikipedia be! --RoverTheBendInSussex[RoverTheBendInSussex] 18:19, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * First of all, please remain civil. I didn't say the two sites mentioned were "trivia sites" but trivial in coverage. They are stats based and a profile on a club website. These do not pass WP:GNG or WP:ATHLETE, which in a nutshell say a footballer has to have played at a fully-professional level and/or had significant independent media coverage (aside from match reports/latest signings etc as per WP:NTEMP). --Jimbo[online] 18:18, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - if he makes an appearance this season then it can be recreated. Spiderone  15:04, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - non-notable player who fails WP:ATHLETE and WP:GNG. GiantSnowman 17:01, 31 August 2009 (UTC)


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