Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Cox (footballer)

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. Rjd0060 (talk) 01:37, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Cox (footballer)[edit]

Young footballer who has never made a first team apperance, thus failing WP:ATHLETE (he doesn't even have a squad number). Fan of player's club objected to the prod, but without a reason. пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 17:07, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 17:07, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The following was added to the talk page of this AfD by User:Support walsall fc, I move it here for the sake of completeness..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:52, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I objected to the deletion of this page by number 57 because this is a young up and coming goalkeeper that deserves all the encouragement we can give him, even at this level we have foreign players taking up places, the 2 senior players above Tom are both overseas players. If this web site is only about people that have already made it then fine delete it but I believe there should be room for those that are trying to make it in this the hardest profession to break in to. If you want the younger generation to look at this site then you have got to be careful on what you delete and deleting Tom Cox just because as 57 says he hasn't even got a squad number is wrong, so what if he hasn't got a number yet we need to support our young players in any way we can and if that means leaving a page on this web site then why not, hopefully it will grow as he makes more appearances.

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Delete - fails WP:ATHLETE, argument above serves only to demonstrate the subject's non-notability. Regardless of what we may or may not feel about the proliferation of foreign players in the English game, WP isn't here to provide "encouragement" or "support" to youth players who may in fact never break into the professional game -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:52, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete until he plays. Then, recreate. Bart133 ^{t c @ How's my driving?} 01:48, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, player fails notability at WP:ATHLETE. Recreate if and when he makes an appearance in a fully-professional competition. --Jimbo^[online] 20:30, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Giant Snowman 10:27, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. If he plays in a first team game, then recreate. GauchoDude (talk) 05:23, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Quentin X (talk) 20:27, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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