Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ciaran Dickson (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. Fenix down (talk) 18:24, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ciaran Dickson

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This was deleted about three months ago for failing WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL; this still applies despite what's written in the article. The Scottish Championship is not listed at WP:FPL so his 26 min appearance doesn't pass the guideline (see Soccerbase and Soccerway). In terms of coverage, I'm seeing a few hype pieces in Rangers News but nothing really in independent sources. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:00, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails GNG and NFOOTY currently. Not to mention this article has no sources. Microwave Anarchist (talk) 18:05, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Without sources, unverifiable against either general notability or association football notability. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:15, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and SALT, fails GNG and NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 21:13, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

1. possibly restore the orginal page and add sources from todays match????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnelwaq (talk • contribs)

Have you found any sources showing significant coverage? That 26 min appearance was not in a fully professional league so, unless he has received coverage that would allow him to pass WP:GNG, there isn't any point in restoring the previously deleted article. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 16:04, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, No sources. fails WP:GNG, Alex-h (talk) 09:05, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Fully agree with the points made above. No sign of notability at present. Might go on to meet NFOOTBALL, but clearly does not at the moment. Dunarc (talk) 21:59, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

- WTF needs to be done here, I have updated the page. If he does not class as notable then have a look at the rest of the Queen opof the South player pages as I doubt all of them are notable as well! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnelwaq (talk • contribs)

@Johnelwaq: - the issue seems to be that it has been determined (I don't know the background to this, TBH) that the Scottish Championship ceased to be a fully professional league at the end of the 2019-20 season. Therefore, players who played in it prior to then are eligible for articles, but anyone who has only played in it since then (like Dickson) is not (unless they meet the over-arching general notability guideline, which he doesn't seem to do......) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:18, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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