Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rhys O'Keeffe

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 no consensus. MBisanz ^talk 02:11, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rhys O'Keeffe[edit]

Appears to fail WP:Athlete as he has not competed at the fully professional level of this sport, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport. Once he has played at the fully professional level of this sport he can be recreated but until then this is just a crystal ball AFL stub. --VS ^talk 22:19, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails WP:ATHLETE. Claim of notability is crystal ball gazing. McWomble (talk) 09:36, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. —The-Pope (talk) 15:02, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep Being one of about 70 people selected to play in the only professional Australian rules football league in the world, is notable. Needs sources, hence I tagged it a unreferenced. The-Pope (talk) 15:02, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Being selected is not notability. WP:ATHLETE required the person to have competed at the highest professional level. Until this this article is purely crystal ball gazing. McWomble (talk) 11:29, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete In my view he fails by quite a wide margin. For goodness sakes, he's barely played at second tier SANFL level let alone AFL. The article even hints at this - being in the "best six players" for North Adelaide U17's - that's at 4th tier level at best. And 65th pick among AFL wannabes? Who knows, he may end up being the next Wayne Carey, and when he is, there'll be a nice big wiki article with heaps of decent references! But until then... Murtoa (talk) 00:46, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep On precedent. Similar arguments occurred last year and the year before after the draft, and each time the result was keep.Aspirex (talk) 11:11, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as fails notability guidelines. Arguing about notability is pointless if non-trivial sources do not exist. How is precedent different from WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS?Yobmod (talk) 19:24, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. -- Raven1977 (talk) 22:08, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. -- Raven1977 (talk) 22:09, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Every year we have the same debates, and every year we come to the same conclusion that it's a lot simpler to keep the articles. He will be on the list for the whole of next season, making him one of only 44 players to be able to play for Carlton next season. - Allied45 (talk) 01:13, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment This appears to pre-empt the outcome and is not helpful, particularly seeing that at least some of this year's crop are actually being deleted. "We" haven't necessarily come to the same conclusion this year. He may be on the list, but "every year" we see some of these players simply making no impact and reverting to relative obscurity. Murtoa (talk) 06:24, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Claims to notability are hazy and tangential. He may be more notable in the future? So what, my next door neighbor might be too, but I haven't made an article about him. Fails WP:ATHLETE. Trusilver 17:40, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 02:26, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - please nominate all these AFL draftees together in future. Richard Cavell (talk) 03:21, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment That misses the point. Some, like Jack Watts (footballer) are notable; most aren't, so a broad brush approach doesn't work. Murtoa (talk) 21:21, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:ATHLETE - not at professional level. May one day be notable enough for inclusion, but not today. Master&Expert (Talk) 03:58, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.