Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stijn Houben

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The result was move to draftspace. (non-admin closure) czar ♔ 14:26, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Stijn Houben[edit]

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Contested PROD. Concern was that the article Fails WP:GNG and WP:FOOTBALL. PROD was contested based speculation about future appearances. The inadmissibility of notability based potential future appearances remains one of the strongest and longest standing consensuses of the WikiProject football. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:16, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 20:50, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Fails WP:NFOOTY as has not played senior international football nor played in a fully professional league. No indication that subject has garnered significant reliable coverage for any other achievements to satisfy GNG. Fenix down (talk) 11:03, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment - It's a pity that there is no such thing as a "hold" for articles as the season for the Indian Super League will start on 12 October, in a bit over a week, which will then make this player a pro and "Wikipediable" per WP:FOOTY. - Takeaway (talk) 06:21, 4 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - it's a shame there isn't, as this player could very well be notable in a few days. But there's a better solution - see below. Nfitz (talk) 14:13, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Move to Wikipedia:Drafts Player recently signed for Indian Premier League, which starts play in less than 1 week. There's little point completely deleting article only to restore in a few weeks. Use WP:COMMONSENSE and WP:NORUSH instead of Wikipedia:Waste of Time. Deleting this article only to recreate it in a few days or weeks is a waste of everyone's time. We've also seen that often the articles are rewritten from scratch losing information, and often with no restoration of the edit history. There is WP:NOHARM in simply waiting a few weeks to see what happens; the article can easily be deleted in the future. Nfitz (talk) 14:13, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Excellent move! - Takeaway (talk) 14:26, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Move to draft namespace per the rationale of User:Nfitz above. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:20, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:20, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Move to draft namespace per the rationale of User:Nfitz above. - Takeaway (talk) 12:57, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Move to draft namespace per the rationale of User:Nfitz above.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 14:14, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment He may play today in the Indian Super League a fully professional league as per Delhi Dynamos take on FC Pune City.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 04:22, 14 October 2014 (UTC) He was on the substitute bench in today's game Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 16:16, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like the team is really intent on stretching this AfD as much as they can. Next match October 19. - Takeaway (talk) 18:58, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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