Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Solly

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The result was delete. — Aitias // discussion 19:23, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Solly[edit]

Non-notable youth player who fails WP:ATHLETE as he has never played in a fully-professional match. Originally PRODded for the same reason, but the PROD was removed by Dirk Valentine (talk · contribs) who used the (false) rationale that "The player is not a youth player, he is a proffesional, with a squad number for a Championship team, making him a player of note" - being a professional and having a squad number does NOT give notability. Giant Snowman 18:27, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. Giant Snowman 18:28, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:00, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - as per nominator. Camw (talk) 01:44, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Despite what it says in the first line, he does not play for Charlton Athletic, although he might play for their reserve or U18 teams. Del until he does play senior competitive football, if ever. Kevin McE (talk) 09:38, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Well the reason you have tagged this for deletion is because they are a "Non-notable youth player". He isn't a youth player and therefore your argument is completely flawed. He is also a registered member of their first team squad. Having been a supporter of the club since birth I feel I have a better grasp of who Charlton's proffesional players are that a Gillingham fan. --Dirk Valentine (talk) 13:19, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Being a registered member of the squad is not enough. Per the WP:ATHLETE policy, he is not considered notable (in WP terms) until he has actually played a first team match. He hasn't, therefore his article should be deleted -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 17:22, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as fails WP:ATHLETE. пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 22:03, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. -- Raven1977 ^{Talk to me}_{My edits} 07:45, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails notability criteria per WP:ATHLETE and additional guidelines per WP:FOOTYN. Rationale that player is non notable youth player is sound in that player has played at youth level but done nothing at that level to assert notability status. Cannot rationale as a notable senior player because player has not played at senior level. Being professional is not enough. Working for a living makes you professional in whatever you do, but not necessarily notable. Recreate if and when.--ClubOranje^Talk 08:33, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and recreate when he plays. Punkmorten (talk) 09:05, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, and recreate if and when he makes his first team debut. Bettia (rawr!) 10:24, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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