Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Luke Fitzgerald

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The result was keep. Lots of breathless reporting, before and after Sunday's game ("The nation is too busy talking about the admittedly promising Luke Fitzgerald" says the Roscommon Herald, and who could doubt that it's true ?) to demonstrate the non-subjective notability of the subject. Angus McLellan (Talk) 23:44, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Luke Fitzgerald

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Not notable, future projections Pigman (talk • contribs) 23:37, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

• Comment The nominator is correct that he's not notable currently, but in two days time (i.e. before this AfD closes) he is due to line out for the Ireland national rugby union team, thus establishing a much stronger notability. It might be worth postponing this AfD until he's either played or not played on Sunday? Demiurge 23:48, 24 November 2006 (UTC) Keep, he is now an international sportsman as of two hours ago[1]. Demiurge 16:34, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete We have no need t scoop anybody. Wait until the end of the season and see how he fares. Guy (Help!) 00:17, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete In agreement with Guy. Eusebeus 01:03, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. He hasn't (yet?) played for his country, but he has played for Leinster. WP:BIO guidelines are that those who have played "in a fully professional league, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming, or at the highest level in mainly amateur sports" might be considered notable. Assuming that the Leinster v Edinburgh match referred to in the article was a first-team one, that seems to me to be enough to satisfy the criterion mentioned. Loganberry (Talk) 04:52, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Loganberry and especially that he's been named officially added to the Ireland national rugby union team. Even NFL draft picks are worthy of inclusion long before they're even part of a team. --Oakshade 16:21, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I'm persuaded that this guy is notable. My main concern was the projection/prediction that he would be on the Ireland team. That made it seem like part of his fame rested on him making the team. Also, I'm a stupid American fairly ignorant of rugby rankings and generally a non-sports person as well. I bow to more informed people and opinion. --Pigman (talk • contribs) 21:00, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep notable player. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 15:41, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep he has now represented Ireland at both International and International A levels, as well as playing for a professional club, Leinster, in two professional leagues, the Magners League and the Heineken Cup Smoneill
• Delete per nom. WMMartin 17:59, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
  • comment - The AfD nominator has voted "keep." --Oakshade 18:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

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.