Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andy Boyle

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 00:43, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Andy Boyle

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Recreation of an article previously deleted by PROD. Concern was that the article fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTY, [as he] has not played first-team football in a fully professional league or received significant media coverage. This remains valid. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:07, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:07, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Request for info: I don't like this article because it uses lots of peacock words and the references are pretty light considering the praise they're heaping on him. But according to the article and one of the sources, he has played for Dundalk F.C. and even won their "Player of the Year" award. Could someone please explain to this soccer-know-nothing why that's not "first-team football in a fully professional league"? Thanks. ubiquity (talk) 21:44, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Ubiquity: Gladly. The relevant notability guideline here is WP:NFOOTBALL, which says that a footballer is notable if they've played in one of the fully professional leagues. Broadly, this means all players in the league are full time professionals. For use with this guideline, the WikiProject football has compiled a list (see WP:FPL) for which the fully pro status can be reliably sourced. You'll note that the League of Ireland is listed under Top level leagues which are not fully professional. This means playing that league explicitly does not satisfy the subject specific notability guideline. I hope that clears things up. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:31, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Correct - the majority players in the League of Ireland are only part-time (they also have "day jobs") ergo it is not a fully professional league -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:13, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete does not pass the notability guidelines for footballers, and fails GNG otherwise.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:31, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom as clarified. ubiquity (talk) 01:44, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - Fails 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) 12:54, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 17:48, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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