Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rhys Williams (footballer) (2nd nomination)


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The result was Delete b/c failing WP:ATHLETE -- JForget  23:12, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Rhys Williams (footballer)
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Nominated due to contested prod. Player fails notability at WP:ATHLETE having never played in a fully-pro league. Article was previously deleted and overturned due to him having under-21 caps, however consensus is that youth caps do not meet notability either. --Jimbo[online] 12:15, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:ATHLETE and U21 caps do not confer notability. пﮟოьεԻ   5  7  12:24, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment (copied from his first AfD, where it went unanswered) This unofficial but very detailed West Australian soccer site has the 15-year-old Williams playing in Round 22 of the Football West State League Premier Division for ECU Joondalup on 11.9.2004. It confirms this is the same person as the Middlesbrough Williams  on 7.2.2007. This is a second-level league in Australia, below the A-League. As it appears he did play first-team football in this league, perhaps someone more knowledgeable than myself could confirm whether or not it is a professional league. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 12:35, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Reply Having a look at the history of the club on their website, it says they played in a reserves league from 1992 until 1995 when they entered a semi-pro league. --Jimbo[online] 12:56, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Having had another look at the wasoccer site, it says pretty clearly here that the Premier Div is semi-pro, so Williams does fail WP:ATHLETE. In which case...
 * Delete per above. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 13:37, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  14:17, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per nom. GauchoDude (talk) 20:53, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - as above, and also fails WP:FOOTYN Nfitz (talk) 03:34, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --Angelo (talk) 21:52, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete With a thank you to Struway2 and Jimbo for investigating. Vickser (talk) 04:44, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 01:04, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. GiantSnowman 16:33, 3 July 2008 (UTC)


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