Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Loyd

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The result was delete. The arguments to keep are essentially, "meets WP:FOOTY", but there's convincing arguments here that he doesn't. In addition, FOOTY is just a hint. Real sources are what matters, and nobody has come up with any. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:20, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Eric Loyd[edit]

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Our article says he played 4 ~~WP:NFOOTY~~ games in 2008 in the third-tier semi professional, non-WP:FPL USL Second Division. ~~Other than that,~~ Apparently hasn't played in any WP:FPLs and does not meet NFOOTY. Search results return no significant coverage to meet WP:GNG. Leviv ich 17:25, 7 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I have updated the nomination to reflect that this article no longer meets WP:NFOOTY because USL Second Division has been removed from WP:FPL per the note below. Leviv ich 18:20, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep The article clearly passes the criteria of notability as stated in the Football/Fully professional leagues list. Shotgun pete 8:10, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
Keep – clearly meets WP:NFOOTY. 21.colinthompson (talk) 22:29, 7 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. nom consulted me prior to nomination. Merits of NFOOTY here are somewhat dubious as while USL div2 was nominally professional, many players were semi-professionals (holding additional jobs). Regardless, NFOOTY merely creates a presumption of notability - a presumption that sources should exist. In this particular case - as evident in a very simple google search - there is no SIGCOV. As the presumption of GNG is being challenged here, !votes who assert NFOOTY without providing supporting sources (which should be quite easy to locate - English speaking country, most sources online in this time period) - should be disregarded. Icewhiz (talk) 06:03, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - meets WP:NFOOTBALL by some way; needs improving, not deleting. Giant Snowman 07:44, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete the league in question does not really pass any reasonable fully professional test.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:55, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Note: per consensus in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Fully professional leagues#Status of US minor leagues (concurrent to this AfD) - USL Second Division was struck from the WP:FPL essay, as it was not fully-professional. This should affect !voting based on play in USL D2. Icewhiz (talk) 07:24, 10 April 2019 (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.