Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Tardif

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The result was Speedy keep. Subject clearly meets WP:ATHLETE. пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 17:21, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Tardif[edit]

A footballer who has played in some minor league teams, but the article has no significant biographical sources and players at this level rarely achieve significant notice. Guy (Help!) 21:14, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. -- Wisdom89 _{(_T / ^C)} 22:02, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. -- Wisdom89 _{(_T / ^C)} 22:02, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep. Portsmouth F.C. are hardly a "minor league team", and neither, at the time he played for them, were Oxford United F.C.. if those first team claims can be verified, this easily surpasses notability standards. Grutness...wha? 01:01, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- The Soccerbase link in the article verifies these claims. I also double-checked on allfootballers.com, a subscription site which gives full stats for all 38,000 players to have played in the Football League, and his stats on there matched too. ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:23, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - has played professionally. Just because he plays for a small club now doesn't mean he didn't meet notability already. matt91486 (talk) 01:06, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. He played for Portsmouth F.C. which is a part of Premier League, the highest level professional soccer league in Britain. That alone is enough to pass WP:ATHLETE:"Competitors and coaches who have competed in a high-level, fully professional league (i.e. Major League Baseball, National Football League), or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming, golf or tennis." There is also substantial press coverage of him: GoogleNews gives 438 hits[1]. Nsk92 (talk) 01:46, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually Portsmouth weren't in the Premier League at the time he played for them, but they were still in a fully professional league, so your point is still valid ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:03, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Per WP:ATHLETE, bullet two. There is significant news coverage [2] for the player, so not only does this article meet WP:BIO, but it look as though the individual is competing at a greater than amateur level. Wisdom89 _{(_T / ^C)} 03:13, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep Per WP:BIO, easily passes. Mattythewhite (talk) 06:50, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep Player made 65 appearances in a fully professional league and therefore passes WP:ATHLETE by an absolute country mile. Suggest nominator do a bit more research in future ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:03, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. How is this even nominated? Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Oxford U and still not notable??--Egghead06 (talk) 07:06, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep Played for Portsmouth F.C. at level 2 of English football and for AFC Bournemouth and Oxford United F.C. at level 4. These are fully pro leagues and so clearly the player passes WP:ATHLETE. I don't understand why this article has been nominated. Struway2 (talk) 07:08, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - clearly passes notability. Giant Snowman 10:59, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Is it snowing yet........? ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:13, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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