Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marc Burrows

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. The discussion wrt merging can continue on the article's talk page (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:35, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Marc Burrows

While his early death is tragic, Mr Burrows does not meet the notability criteria as defined per WP:ATHLETE. Wikipedia is not a memorial Badmotorfinger (talk) 17:14, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. Badmotorfinger (talk) 17:20, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Burrows is the world record holder for fastest goal so that alone should meet requirements. The feat was reported on BBC Sport as well as TV news. His untimely death was also reported on the BBC website as well as reported in written press & TV. Prof bed (talk) 19:21, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - as I have already stated on the article's talk-page, whilst his playing career is by no means notable in terms of level played at, he is the scorer of the fastest ever goal scored in association football, as verified by the Football Association. As such, his feat and later death were deemed important enough to be carried by BBC News. Grunners (talk) 17:29, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - although his playing career was indeed non-notable, his feat in scoring the sport's fastest ever goal has garnered enough media attention to make him notable in my opinion. Giant Snowman 17:30, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - per GiantSnowman. His various mentions by the BBC and the FA's confirmation of his record is enough to be deemed notable. Eddie6705 (talk) 17:34, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - While Burrows' career level itself was not notable, having scored sport's fastest goal meets our notability requirements. FlyingToaster 21:56, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as a world record holder. ArtVandelay13 (talk) 23:04, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Mergetosomewhere as he is a bit WP:ONEEVENTish and most of the keeps are based on him having scored the fastest recorded goal in the sport (albeit unverified by accurate timing mechanisms or video confirmation)... what happens when someone scores a goal in 1.8 seconds - does Burrows then become unnotable? Perhaps instead of Burrows having a page his feat should be merged with Goal (sport) or some such, maybe a football records and statistics page. He wasn't deemed notable until he died last week and the BBC picked up on a local rag human interest point. WP:NOTMEMORIAL--ClubOranje^T 00:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - plenty of media coverage. Oranje notes that he wasn't deemed notable until last week, however older articles from BBC would suggest otherwise - [1] [2] [3] Nfitz (talk) 00:53, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Plenty? All three are the same article (slightly rehashed) from the same source about the same WP:ONEEVENT That second web ref from Nfitz may be found here if your BBC settings don't allow you to view it --ClubOranje^T 08:02, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Cowes Sports F.C.. He scored the goal while playing for them, so that would be a logical alternative location for it. I agree that this appears much to be WP:ONEEVENT, with perhaps a bit of WP:RECENT since that one event only appears to be getting coverage right now due to his untimely death (which is certainly sad, but not enough for a WP article). -Lilac Soul ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 09:04, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep He is in the Guiness Book of Records and is a world record holder. In the funny old world of Wiki soccer notability he was not notable as he was only an amateur footballer but surely to merge or delete this article would debase Wiki for what it is afterall, an encyclopedia?--Egghead06 (talk) 09:29, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and Redirect to Cowes Sports F.C., and also Merge to History of association football. While his acheivement is pretty darn notable, it's the only thing he's notable for which would be a violation of WP:BIO1E - do we have articles for other such unique record holders? Bettia (bring on the trumpets!) 11:06, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, and don't merge/redirect Common sense indicates that Marc Burrows is notable despite not having played in a professional league. His 2.0 seconds fastest ever goal transcends Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Notability. ♠TomasBat 16:20, 18 February 2009 (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.