Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew Towns

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. czar ⨹ 04:28, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Matthew Towns[edit]

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Recreation of an article previously deleted by PROD. Concern was Article about a footballer who fails WP:GNG and who has not played in a fully pro league. This remains valid. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:45, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:48, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Everymorning talk to me 21:18, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 12:49, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - He hasn't played in a Fully professional league and he doesn't have any senior international caps either therefore he fails WP:NFOOTBALL. IJA (talk) 12:45, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:49, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - He's played in League 2 in England. That's fully pro per the list on leagues...Cesium 133 (talk) 09:39, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Actually he hasn't (see below)........... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:06, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The article is also still in AfC status; the AfD was applied only seven hours after the AfC was created. Rather than the immediate AfD, the creating editor should be guided and the article improved. Also, per WP:NFOOTY, since Towns has played in Football League Two. -- Jkudlick ^tc_s 15:24, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NFOOTY explicitly says that it applies only to footballers who have played matches in a fully pro league. While Towns was signed to Macclesfield Town F.C. for some time, he does not appear to have played any League 2 matches for them. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:45, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Changing my !vote to Delete as even the official website and the historical database to which they link have no reference of Matthew Towns. -- Jkudlick ^tc_s 18:24, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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