Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adilson Melo

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Convincing evidence that the subject meets WP:ATHLETE was not presented; in particular that the league is fully professional. Separately, reliable sources were not cited to attempt to establish notability. TerriersFan (talk) 21:31, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adilson Melo

Contested prod (no reason given). No evidence that the player meets WP:BIO#Athletes criteria, i.e. having played in a fully professional league. Also severely lacking in significant independent coverage.[1] пﮟოьεԻ 57 09:41, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

• This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. пﮟოьεԻ 57 09:41, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. GiantSnowman 11:06, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete as per nomination --Jimbo^[online] 12:12, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
• Keep per WP:ATHLETE. "Competitors and coaches who have competed in a high-level, fully professional league." The league in which his team plays is the second-highest level of football in Australia, ranking only below A-league. PeterSymonds | talk 15:42, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

But the Victorian Premier League is a regional league, not national. GiantSnowman 15:59, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

From Victorian Premier League: "Nationally, it is one grade lower than the A-League". A-League is the first league of the country, and therefore VPL is the second. It's still a nationally notable league. PeterSymonds | talk 16:12, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

The key is "fully professional". Do you have any evidence that the league is fully pro? пﮟოьεԻ 57 17:57, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

This site says that a professional player contracts are given to those in the Victorian Premier League. "A player may only be registered as a Professional in one of the following two (2) leagues: Victorian Premier League; State League One (1)" PeterSymonds | talk 18:14, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

OK, so that says it's possible, but not that it's the case that all teams are fully pro. There are fully professional clubs in the Conference North and South (and Truro were considering turning pro in Division One of the Southern League) but it doesn't make the entire league professional. пﮟოьεԻ 57 19:39, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

(outdent) Well, fair enough, I'm not a sports writer so I'm probably getting the details a bit muddled. :) I'll leave my !vote for now in case anyone wants to chip in, but in the absence of players from the same team I can see arguments on both sides. PeterSymonds | talk 21:09, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

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