Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mamadi Keita

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 Delete. Fails WP:ATHLETE. Gwen Gale (talk) 04:48, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mamadi Keita[edit]

Contested PROD, youth footballer with no first team professional appearances. Fails WP:ATHLETE. Angelo (talk) 11:08, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. Angelo (talk) 11:10, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Giant Snowman 11:16, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:ATHLETE. пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 17:36, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Question. Does this confirm that he has first team professional experience? Article seems well written and sourced well enough, I hate to see it deleted without considering the article quality. It is better than a whole lot of articles on footballers.--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 22:59, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not really, it states he has played with Blackburn Under-18 youth team. The fact the article is well written does not make the subject automatically notable, as the provided sources are definitely not independent of the subject (they are taken directly from the guy's personal website). --Angelo (talk) 07:50, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Article is indeed well written. However most of the footnotes refers to this person's own web site: [1] If he is notable, there should be a bit more independent sources for him. Artene50 (talk) 06:07, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - additionally he did make 9 appearances for Hamburger SV II, in the Regionalliga Nord. But I'm nearly certain that's not a fully professional league, and HSV II won't even be one of the charter members of the 3rd Liga (which might or might not be fully professional). ugen64 (talk) 03:23, 29 May 2008 (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.