Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Brush

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. --Coredesat 02:02, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Richard Brush

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Fails WP:BIO as never having played in a fully professional league. If he does play in a professional league, the article can be recreated. Delete until then. robwingfield ^«T•C» 23:14, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

• Keep - plays for a professional team in a professional league. GiantSnowman 23:39, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

• Keep The League of Ireland appears to be professional. Even if it was not 'fully' professional, it would be unduly harsh to keep out fully professional players (and I assume Brush is one of these) simply on the basis that their leage, being the top tier in the country, was not fully professional. --Mkativerata 23:44, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep. Does play in fully professional league. Basis for AfD is false. Also...11 Google News hits in the last month... Smashville 01:59, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - is the Football League of Ireland definitely fully professional? The article seems a bit ambiguous. If it is, then I'm happy to withdraw the AfD. robwingfield ^«T•C» 06:05, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Plays for a notable football club, and used to be contracted to Coventry City. Has also played first team football at Tamworth, and many conference players have articles. Esteffect 14:12, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - none of those facts make the player notable. The only way this player fulfils notability criteria is if the Football League of Ireland is a fully professional league. robwingfield ^«T•C» 16:18, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
• Comment Delete this on the grounds that the Football League of Ireland isn't fully professional (and I've no idea if it is or not) and you open up a whole new can of worms re football players playing in either of the Irish leagues. WikiGull 11:33, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
  • From elevenaside.com "Ireland's soccer website": "Six of the eircom League of Ireland’s biggest clubs have convened in a bid to secure the future of the domestic league in the face of directionless planning by the Football Association of Ireland, according to a hard-hitting report on Wednesday morning......In addition, the six clubs are calling for the implementation of a fully-professional Premier Division as opposed to the mix-and-match pro and semi-pro state of affairs which currently prevails" ChrisTheDude 11:47, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
    • So appearances at the top level of Irish football are for an amateur league so don't satisfy WP:BIO? robwingfield ^«T•C» 06:13, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
• keep he played for a team back in 05 so with that he is notable already no matter where he is playing and passes wp:bio —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oo7565 (talk • contribs) 03:22, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - unfortunately, those appearances were in an amateur league so don't satisfy WP:BIO. robwingfield ^«T•C» 06:13, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment - if only as much effort went into improving articles as goes into such discussions....WikiGull 10:45, 12 October 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.