Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Forrest

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The result was keep. Going to be bold here, even though I have contributed. Subject met the subject specific guideline prior to the start of the AfD. No reason to keep this open for bureaucratic reasons as deletion rationale would no longer be appropriate were the article nominated today. Fenix down (talk) 07:26, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Alan Forrest

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Recreation of an article previously deleted by PROD. Concern was Article about a footballer who fails WP:GNG and who has not played in a fully pro league. This remains valid. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:38, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Sir Sputnik (talk) 23:51, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Fails WP:FOOTBALL having never played in a fully professional league and not enough significant coverage to pass WP:GNG. Will probably pass next month when the Championship season begins but can be easily restored when he does play. Kosack (talk) 07:09, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep - I would normally vote delete for players like this since the player fails NFOOTY as he has not played senior international football nor played in a fully professional league and there is no indication that he has garnered significant reliable coverage for any other achievements to satisfy GNG. However, by the time the AfD closes on 27th July, there will be less than two weeks before the Championship season starts. Given this player has played essentially every game for Ayr in the last three seasons, I see no reason to believe he will not continue to be an active member of the first team. This isn't a case of a young player who has never played who might. Fenix down (talk) 08:12, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete He is a non-notable football player.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:36, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 07:28, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per Fenix down and Ayr United play in the Scottish Championship a WP:FPL in this season and has played in 2016–17 Scottish League Cup match against Hamilton Academical F.C. a WP:FPL match on 16th July 2016 per this Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 13:56, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep now passes WP:NFOOTY due to cup match. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 05:40, 26 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:49, 27 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Absolutely absurd nomination. 93 appearances for Ayr, clearly still part of team, and someone nominates him days before season starts?!? Ignoring he'd already met WP:NFOOTBALL days earlier in Cup match. A complete and utter waste of everyone's time, even if he hadn't had the cup match! Nfitz (talk) 05:17, 1 August 2016 (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.