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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 01:57, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rory Gaffney[edit]

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Contested PROD. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL JMHamo (talk) 08:28, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - He has not played in a fully pro league or received significant coverage, meaning the article fails WP:NSPORT and WP:GNG. Sir Sputnik (talk) 08:40, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 16:37, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - Fails WP: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) 14:59, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

'Delete - Not notable. Ashbeckjonathan (talk) 01:27, 30 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - meets WP:GNG with significant media coverage from multiple sources in different countries in different years. [1], [[2]], [3]. Nfitz (talk) 19:45, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Points on the sources you have provided:

1 - Don't seem to be able to access this, but from the link, it indicates he won a player of the month award in a non-fully professional league. This isn't even a player of the year award, so not sure the extent to which this confers notability.
2 - This is comment from the player's manager on his recent transfer. Aside from the fact that the source of the comments is a primary source being directly associated with the player and the club he plays for (and therefore hardly likely to be objective in his comments about him) this is also nothing more than the usual transfer press conference platitudes every player gets on signing for a new club.
3 - This does contain some comments from the player himself which could be used to suport GNG in the presence of a number of other interviews / articles, but this article itself is not exclusively about the player but hangs his comments around a wider discussion of Irish League players moving to England and the then forthcoming match between Cambridge and Man U.

I don't believe this constitutes significant coverage per GNG. Fenix down (talk) 08:04, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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