Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Knowles (footballer) (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 03:41, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

James Knowles (footballer)[edit]

Contested prod. A footballer who has never played a game in a fully professional league, thus failing WP:ATHLETE and consensus on footballer notability. Nuttah (talk) 20:24, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment - Couldn't this have just been CSD'ed as recreation of deleted material? Sunderland06 (talk) 21:07, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Don't know, is it the same as what was deleted back in June? Nuttah (talk) 21:13, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would have thought so, as he still hasn't played, might aswell just let to AFD go its length though. Sunderland06 (talk) 21:19, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom - fails WP:ATHLETE. Giant Snowman 22:22, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment And if he played in FA Cup round proper, does he qualify? Govvy (talk) 18:30, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. It depends. Under WP:ATHLETE no, but if it can be shown that by playing in the FA Cup there has been significant coverage of James Knowles in independent reliable sources yes. (Although he may fall foul of WP:ONEEVENT unless he has coverage from a number of games). Nuttah (talk) 18:52, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - General consensus at the WP:FOOTY project is that playing for a non-professional team (which is what Farsley Celtic is) in the FA Cup does not confer notability (unless, as stated above, he gains exceptional coverage devoted specifically to him) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:59, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Then, Govvy (talk) 18:46, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Per nom. Hubschrauber729 (talk) 03:39, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:ATHLETE. McWomble (talk) 09:55, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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