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The result was speedy keep (nomination withdrawn, no-one other than the nominator recommends deletion). Iamunknown 18:07, 25 March 2007 (UTC) (This is a non-administrator closed discussion.)[reply]

Stephen Hurley[edit]

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The article does not assert notability of the subject per the guidelines of WP:BIO. Nv8200p talk 19:06, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article improved. Nomination withdrawn. -Nv8200p talk 16:15, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, he's a player in a national (in this case Irish) football league. Mallanox 19:23, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Notability is automatically asserted by having played at the highest level in his country. EliminatorJR ^Talk 21:07, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • That is so wrong. Are highest-level players in Nepal notable? Punkmorten 09:11, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • They probably are, if you're from Nepal. Surely we need to be careful of WP:CSB here. Having said that, the Eircom league is a mostly professional league of a reasonable standard. EliminatorJR ^Talk 13:14, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is no automatic assertion of notability. Each article has to stand on its own merit. This article fails the primry criteria that there is no coverage of the subject by reliable independent secondary sources. There are no references in the article and a search turns up very little. -Nv8200p talk 11:35, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related deletions. ChrisTheDude 22:12, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Most of the players from his former club have articles. (BanRay 10:24, 25 March 2007 (UTC))[reply]
  • Maybe they are notable in their own right and deserve an article. -Nv8200p talk 11:35, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • If they do, Stephen Hurley deserves one as well, for being a regular at the same club. Most of those players haven't achieved much apart from that either and yet have an article.(BanRay 12:30, 25 March 2007 (UTC))[reply]
      • Then the articles on these players should be nominated for deletion also. -Nv8200p talk 12:41, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
        • Comment So to summarize, you think that hundreds (yes, there are hundreds of Irish league player bio pages) of articles should be deleted? When WP:BIO even allows for articles on US college sports players who haven't even played a single first team game? EliminatorJR ^Talk 13:21, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
          • WP:BIO allows for any biographical article that has major media coverage or multiple minor media coverage. If this guy is notable, add some reliable independent web or print media references to the article. -Nv8200p talk 13:46, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
            • I've added a few. Most of the (many) references to this player are of course match reports, though, and I didn't think quoting fifty of those would be useful. EliminatorJR ^Talk 14:21, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
              • It's a good start. I withdraw my nomination. -Regards Nv8200p talk 16:15, 25 March 2007 (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.