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. MBisanz ^talk 22:12, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Babajide Ogunbiyi[edit]

Player fails the notability guidelines at WP:N, WP:ATHLETE and WP:FOOTY. Has not played a professional game for any team in any league in the world, is not contracted to play for a professional team, and has no notable achievements as an amateur JonBroxton (talk) 20:46, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep players drafted to play professionally are notable, even if they never do so. He played at the highest amateur level of his sport (at Santa Clara), which passes WP:ATH.--TM 15:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Guidelines state that a soccer player must have PLAYED a game in a professional league to be considered notable by WP:ATHLETE, or to have done something especially notable in his college career or in some other capacity to be considered notable by WP:N. Ogunbiyi does not meet either of these criteria; just being on the team, or just being drafted, is not enough - he has to have PLAYED. Also, because soccer is a professional sport, the "played at the highest amateur level" is not applicable; the highest amateur level caveat only applies to sports which are not played professionally, or at events such as the Olympics. And, besides, college soccer is not the highest level of amateur soccer in the USA - that is the USL Premier Development League - and playing in the PDL has been deemed by the members of WP:FOOTY to be not sufficient to meet notability criteria. --JonBroxton (talk) 00:05, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, WP:FOOTY is not the only decision maker on wikipedia regarding this. If the highest level of college football, baseball and basketball players are deemed notable by most decisions on WP, I see no reason why college soccer players shouldn't be as well. Players drafted should be considered notable as they are considered the highest professional prospects in their professional league.--TM 13:31, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

They're not. Most Division I athletes are considered not-notable, unless significant honors come their way, such as the Heisman Trophy, All-American, etc. DarkAudit (talk) 23:11, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete fails WP:ATHLETE. Giant Snowman 17:34, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It's rather obvious that this is not a notable sportsperson since he has yet to play at the highest level, which is in a fully professional league. Not notable and fails WP:Athlete. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 23:14, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Pastor Theo (talk) 00:58, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete, nothing to prove this guy's notability for any reasons. Nyttend (talk) 00:42, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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