Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tommy Abu


 * 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   delete. ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 19:46, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Tommy Abu

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Contested PROD. Concern was Article about a footballer who fails WP:GNG and who has not played in a fully pro league. PROD was contested on the grounds that the article asserts that he has played for the Sierra Leonean national team, a fact not supported by reliable sources. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:37, 11 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:38, 11 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete – no evidence that he played for his national team, or appeared in a fully professional league or received significant media coverage. – Kosm  1  fent  07:22, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. GiantSnowman 09:51, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
 * • Gene93k (talk) 18:49, 12 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete There is no evidence that he played for this team, and besides, it fails WP:GNG.  JoeGazz84  ♦ 19:41, 12 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - I cleaned up the references on the article (one was poorly formatted and the other lead to a page that does not exist). I also added a reference from an independent source. The second reference talks about him playing with the national team. I think that there is plenty of coverage of him in the media as you can see from these:, , , , and . Some of these are player profiles but I think that adding up all of the references would count towards weight in notability. I don't tend to disagree with experienced editors, but I would think this one would warrant a second look at the sources. Maybe I'm wrong, just my opinion. --MalcomMarcomb11376 (talk) 16:46, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * The sources you provided are all routine sports journalism. The second source in the article, not only does not talk about him playing for the national team, it does not talk about him at all. It appears to be a player profile of someone called Robin Neupert. Sir Sputnik (talk) 13:36, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I think he's talking about the second link in his comment, which is this one: . I see no evidence there that he's played for the Sierra Leone senior team though, and junior teams are usually not considered notable enough.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 12:18, 19 August 2012 (UTC).


 * Delete, no evidence as far as I can see that he's actually played for the national team or in a fully professional league. I appreciate the work that's been done by MalcomMarcomb11376 to clean this up, but I still don't think it meets the notability bar unfortunately.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 12:18, 19 August 2012 (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.