Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gerry Clarke

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The result was delete. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 21:13, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gerry Clarke[edit]

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Badly sourced BLP on a footballer that has never played in a league listed at WP:FPL and with no evidence to support a WP:GNG claim. Notability tagged since 2018. Created by a now indef blocked account with multiple promotional edits by IPs along the way. I've attempted the following searches: Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:25, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Searches attempted - searches in conjunction with "Morwell Falcons" have yielded almost nothing. He did play for them as there is some database data such as Ozfootball but it doesn't support notability due to the low level of football played. I did also find a passing mention in Bayside News, where he is mentioned as the father of a footballer. An Irish Times search focused on the time in which he was in Ireland comes back with these results. Most of these appear to be routine match reporting and routine match build-up articles, no indication of actual significant coverage from the previews. If someone with full access can contradict my assertion on this, then please ping me. No results found in many Irish News Archive searches. Nothing found in a search of British Newspaper Archive, which includes many prominent newspapers from Ireland. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:30, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails GNG and NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 21:07, 23 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:GNG and a clear WP:BEFORE has been done. Joseph2302 (talk) 07:31, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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