Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stuart Walker

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 No Consensus The Literate Engineer 20:09, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stuart Walker

Biography of non-notable person, does not pass WP:BIO, only references in Google are Wikipedia articles. Leuko 16:52, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Keep. He is a former footballer - that is notable. Mattythewhite 19:27, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Delete. His being a former footballer is only notable if he played at the top level, or had some other reason to be notable. There is no evidence of such. Resolute 22:48, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related deletions. Scottmsg 17:04, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Delete The article doesn't actually say who he played for, and I can't find any evidence he was a professional footballer. Qwghlm 18:43, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Comment It appears that Walker played for York City in the 1976/77 season. [1]. Scottmsg 19:20, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Comment Was York City a professional club in 1976/77? Punkmorten 06:33, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Comment Even if they were, was the young Stuart Walker a full professional at the club or a youth player? The fact he only played two matches there and never played for another professional club suggests the latter. I agree with Oldelpaso's comment below that two Third Division games in the mid-1970s are not enough to claim notability. Qwghlm 07:48, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Comment York were professional (and still are) when he was a player

Keep. He is a former professional footballer - played in goal for York City when they were a league team. Markspearce 19:30, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Keep Former professional footballer and staff member of one of England's biggest clubs Dodge 19:48, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Delete. While 2 appearances for York meets the letter of the fully professional league phrase in WP:BIO, it probably doesn't meet the spirit of it. 2 appearances for a team in the lower reaches of the professional ranks doesn't constitute much of a pro career, and is unlikely to yield more than a trivial amount of verifiable material. Oldelpaso 21:00, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Keep. This is a tough call. I'm saying keep mainly because Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia, and there is no real need to delete this guy. Admittedly he is right on the cusp between notability and non-notability, but for the aforementioned reasons I'm going to say keep. aLii 10:29, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Keep - played professionally for a league club, and still involved professionally in the sport. I wouldn't see the creation of his article as really a high priority; but now that it's been done, I'd rather see it retained, as its not inconceivable that people would want to access his history given his present involvement with Aston Villa. Robotforaday 03:15, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - two appearances is technical compliance with WP:BIO at best. He may be a physio at Villa but is not the head physio see here. BlueValour 17:59, 27 September 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.