Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Schembri

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 keep. (non-admin closure) CTJF83 GoUSA 01:33, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Eric Schembri[edit]

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Unreferenced BLP. Plays for a second division football league, which does means he fails WP:ATHLETE. NW (Talk) 00:32, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I had forgotten that clubs change what division they play in with more regularity than they do in the United States. I'm certainly willing to withdraw this AfD then. NW (Talk) 06:25, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately there's one delete !vote, so I can't close this as withdrawn at the present time. See if the user is prepared to strike out his !vote...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:32, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep — Schembri played in the Maltese national team, and his club Gżira United used to play in the first league back in the 70ies when Schembri started his career there. PanchoS (talk) 00:45, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. There is not enough reliably published information about this player to base an article on. The few news mentions I found were passing mentions only, a sentence or less in every case. Kevin (talk) 00:56, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Google news is no adequate benchmark for a 1970ies-1980ies sports career. It is warranted that there is secondary literature on a national player in soccer - one needs to dig in Maltese old school libraries. PanchoS (talk) 01:11, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep this article confirms he played at international level. LibStar (talk) 01:03, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it does, but it does not give us enough to write an article from. Kevin (talk) 03:51, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Also, this is a little pet peeve of mine, but when you find such an article, can you also add it to the page so that the article is no longer an unreferenced BLP? Thanks. NW (Talk) 06:25, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – Soccer players who have played on national teams are usually considered to meet the appropriate notability guidelines, even if only a stub can be produced. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 04:26, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:00, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: International caps means that the player easily passes WP:ATHLETE -- Big Dom 09:39, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:07, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - per above. Since played for Malta, he clearly passes WP:Athlete. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:01, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per ↑. I've added a couple of refs. --Evb-wiki (talk) 16:36, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Obvious Keep It is amazing what some people put up for deletion on here, this guy played international football for Malta, honestly, all you have to do is look at these things before you put these articles up for deletion and then end up looking a clown when everyone tells you what you should have spotted yourself Stew jones (talk) 21:41, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I've added a few more sources which confirm his notability as a Maltese international. Jogurney (talk) 21:14, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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