Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tim Wooding

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. Staxringold _talk^contribs 02:06, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tim Wooding[edit]

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Article was originally PROD'ed with the rationale "Footballer who does not meet the WP:ATHLETE or WP:N guidelines." then contested with the rationale "Rushden and Diamonds is a pro side, so Wooding meets the letter of WP:ATHELETE. Whether he meets the spirit of it is something else entirely." However, what WP:ATHLETE actually says is that a player has to have competed at a fully professional level of the sport. Wooding only ever played for Rushden in the Football Conference which was not then, is not now, and never has been, a fully professional league. I'm not 100% sure that Rushden themselves were even full-time professionals during his time with the club. ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:51, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:51, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that does seem to be my mistake (sorry!). Will review tomorrow. - Jarry1250 ^{[ In the UK? Sign the petition! ]} 20:00, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:ATHLETE as he has never played in a fully-professional league/cup. --Jimbo^[online] 20:03, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment is it relevant that he played in the FA Cup against a First Division side? Eddie6705 (talk) 20:52, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Not really, as they were matches between a conference club and a league club. I think more sourcing would be needed to satisfy WP:N. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 21:24, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom and my comments above. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 21:24, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Spiderone 08:35, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete for the usual reasons. Blue Square Thing (talk) 15:49, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - non-notable player who fails WP:ATHLETE and WP:GNG. Giant Snowman 17:00, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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