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The result was delete. Kurykh (talk) 02:11, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Dempsey (rugby league)[edit]

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A contest prod. The player fails WP:RLN as hasn't played in a Super League match and an international for Canada is not notable enough to meet the guidelines. Mattlore (talk) 01:58, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Canadian international playing in a professional team, albeit in a semi-pro league this season.Fleets (talk) 09:33, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep actually does pass WP:RLN per #1, actually says that players who have played nationally for Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, Fiji, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Romania, Samoa, Scotland, South Africa, Tonga, United States, and Wales are considered notable. AlessandroTiandelli333 (talk) 10:13, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Alessandro, I think you have mistakenly quoted the rugby union guidelines as RLN #1 states "1.Have appeared in at least one match at a Rugby League World Cup tournament, Rugby League Four Nations tournament, Pacific Cup or Rugby League European Cup" - Canada has never been in any of these tournaments. Mattlore (talk) 20:08, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 12:03, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Rugby union-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 12:03, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 12:03, 14 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Shawn in Montreal: and @AlessandroTiandelli333:, don't get confused between league and union! I'm impressed he played for Eastern Suburbs Tigers, but did he make the senior (i.e., adult) team? He seems to have played colts (juniors). Same with the claim he played for Canada – he's listed as selected, but there's no record I could find of him actually playing for Canada. Also, the Tom Dempsey who played for Easts is linked in Facebook to a profile of a Tom Dempsey who names Brisbane, Australia as his home town, so I'm not sure it's even the same person. I'm leaning towards delete as I could easily find answers to these questions if he was notable. Jack N. Stock (talk) 04:50, 15 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP:TOOSOON for an article. If @Fleets: would like this moved into his userspace until the player passes RLN/GNG, I'd support that. – skemcraig⊗ 21:05, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 02:23, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:RLN and WP:GNG. Re-create if and when he plays in the Super League. J Mo 101 (talk) 22:48, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per the WP:RLN failure. Number 5 7 22:22, 26 February 2017 (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.