Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christophe Martin

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 keep. Punkmorten 17:16, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Christophe Martin

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prod contested. As written, article doesn't tell me if this guy is a benchwarmer, super star or something in between. As far as I am concerned, simply being a soccer player means nothing. What you do while you are playing soccer is what makes you notable or not. Nothing here indicates notability. The way I see it, if there was something notable to be said about the guy, someone would have said it. Since nothing was said, there must be nothing notable about the guy. Postcard Cathy 21:50, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

• Keep "You must look for, and demonstrate that you couldn't find, any independent sources of sufficient depth." WP:GD. You have haven't done that. As it happens, he plays for a team in the First Division of the Belgian Football League and therefore fulfils WP:BIO, has played in a fully professional league. --Malcolmxl5 22:54, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
• This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related deletions. --Malcolmxl5 23:04, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. It only takes one pro game, and he qualifies four times over. (Hey, I don't make the rules.) Clarityfiend 00:08, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
• Comment: Clarity, Malcolm: The article doesn't indicate how much he has played, if he spent 99% of his time on the bench and 1% or less on the field, etc. I don't care if he is on soccer's equivalent of the NY Yankees. If he spent most of his time being soccer's equivalent of the bullpen catcher, he is not wiki worthy! And Clarity: I don't care about that rule. It is a stupid rule. In that case, a guy who gets called up from the Pawtucket Red Sox and pinch hits in one game/pitches for 1/3 of an inning/etc., gets taken out, and then is returned to the minor leagues can then be listed on wiki cause technically he was in one pro baseball game. Under those circumstances, he ain't wiki worthy at all. And this article doesn't tell us if he is this kinda guy or Curt Schilling! Postcard Cathy 04:36, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

• Comment. I don't particularly like that policy either, but you're in the wrong place if you want to change it. Until then, he's a keeper (in both senses), and so are the others. (Viva la Cathy revolution!) Clarityfiend 05:31, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

• Keep Has played in a fully-professional league. Number 57 08:17, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Plays in professional league so meets WP:BIO. Davewild 09:19, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep can nominator actually read WP:BIO before putting clearly notable articles such as this up for deletion. Mattythewhite 10:12, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep These thoughtless nominations of people who clearly meet policy requirements show a lack of respect for the valuable time of your fellow wikipedians. Brandon97 14:10, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. I did about 10 minutes of work and hopefully it seems notable enough now, regardless of the notability guideline (which the article met anyway ;)) ugen64 17:12, 21 August 2007 (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.