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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) —Theo polisme 02:31, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Darren Davies (football coach)[edit]

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Contested prod. Reason given on the prod was: "Short BLP of person known only for having one job at one club, basically inexpandable, can find very little other than press release naming him in job. No assertion of automatic notability as per criteria on WP:ATHLETE" Rotten regard Softnow 03:08, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - He has not received significant coverage, and he has not played or managed at a professional level, meaning this article fails both WP:GNG and WP:NSPORT. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:59, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment is his play in the Scottish Premier League notable? http://www.11v11.com/players/darren-davies-5563/ lists him as playing in division 1 and the FA cup. Being a youth coach in the A League definitely isn't enough. The-Pope (talk) 15:22, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

He has not played in the Scottish Premier League, but Division One, which is the second tier. An easy mistake to make given the non-intuitive nature of the league names. Oldelpaso (talk) 18:19, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - meets NFOOTBALL as he has played in a WP:FPL, further verified by Neil Brown. Needs moving to Darren Davies (footballer) and improving to meet GNG, but notable enough for now. Giant Snowman 18:28, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - even though his coaching career confers no notability, he passes WP:NFOOTBALL as he has played in a WP:FPL. Mentoz86 (talk) 18:31, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — ΛΧΣ21™ 03:08, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Weakest possible keep Neil Brown shows he played in the first division in 2000-01 as far as I understand it. None of the references in WP:FPL go anywhere near that far back and so do not establish that the league could be considered a fully professional league then. Would be notable now if he was playing but it is questionable whether he is now. Would be more comfortable to see more extensive player history. Fenix down (talk) 17:33, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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