Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billy Wingrove

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 keep. There's a consensus here that the subject, while failing WP:NFOOTBALL does pass WP:GNG. However, for future AFDs, some pointers to these sources, if online, would be helpful. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:41, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Billy Wingrove

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

Contested PROD, reason given was; "5 different sources from the BBC and Evening Standard are significant sources". Footballer clearly fails WP:FOOTYN as he has never played at a fully-professional or full international level of football. The sources provided are not enough to pass WP:GNG, there are a couple of trivial articles about Wingrove personally but the others fail WP:NTEMP as they are merely passing references of name-checks in match reports. --Jimbo^[online] 20:00, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. --Jimbo^[online] 20:09, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:NFOOTBALL and WP:GNG. Giant Snowman 14:00, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:29, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE: The author of the article was not informed of this discussion by the nominator. I have now informed the author. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:37, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Played for a noteworthy football club Ware F.C. [1][2][3] Dwanyewest (talk) 20:27, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ware F.C. as a club passes notability guidelines, but that doesn't make individual players notable. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:28, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ware play in the Isthmian League Division One North, which is not a fully-professional league by a long shot. --Jimbo^[online] 02:35, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep not notable as a professional footballer, but I'd say reasonably lengthy articles dedicated to him in The Guardian and Evening Standard are enough to meet GNG as a freestyle footballer. Stu.W UK (talk) 04:16, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:14, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep agree fully with Stu's comment above. Also, here is another link from Sport England [4] Eldumpo (talk) 11:19, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Seems to have fairly widespread coverage in reliable sources, some of it in depth. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 20:40, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - he may fail WP:ATHLETE but the Independent and Evening Standard sources in this article appear to be enough to satisfy our general notability guidelines. Bettia Talk 15:49, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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.