Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shannon Mirels

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The result was delete. Closing per obvious consensus. — Aitias // discussion 17:24, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Shannon Mirels[edit]

Possible hoax / exaggerated article. I am unable to verify claims of playing for Australian national and domestic soccer teams. This link (a school newsletter) indicates he maybe a school-boy player representing in age group competition, but that's all I can find. THEN WHO WAS PHONE? (talk) 13:13, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. ClubOranje^Talk 10:52, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. -- THEN WHO WAS PHONE? (talk) 13:22, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. -- THEN WHO WAS PHONE? (talk) 13:23, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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comment I too was unable to easily find any supportive info for this article. I have done a basic re-write removing the worst of it.--Alf ^melmac 13:20, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Cannot find anything to say she was a national player --Lawe (talk) 14:54, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete suspected hoax, certainly not notable. Doesn't appear in Australian players database, doesn't appear in rsssf, FIFA, any of the club wbsites. Google search on "Shannon Mirels" only gives wiki scrapes, a facebook page and the newletter mentioned above.--ClubOranje^Talk 22:37, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, smells hoaxy, if it's true, it would appear to be unverifiable at the present time. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 04:41, 27 December 2008 (UTC).[reply]
Comment: An editor, who had previously added a large amount of text to the article here, has removed most of the apparently unverifiable claims in this edit. I don't feel the need to restore it given the circumstances. THEN WHO WAS PHONE? (talk) 06:00, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I was thinking what the heck, a member of the Australian football team must be notable surely (and I'm a deletionist!)? Except that Shannon Mirels obviously isn't a member of the Australia football team since else there would be more information. Particularly for one who joined the team at the age of 17 (and joined the Orlando Pirates at age 14)Nil Einne (talk) 14:59, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Giant Snowman 16:43, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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