Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hringsolal Thomte

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The result was delete. J04n(talk page) 21:51, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hringsolal Thomte

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Player who passes WP:NFOOTBALL but who has no stats available nor does he have any background information available and fails WP:GNG. He is also 29 and deep into his career so most likely this article will remain empty. ArsenalFan700 (talk) 18:46, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: passes WP:NFOOTBALL so should be no debate. If the members of WP:Football spent more time improving articles and less time trying to find reasons to delete them then Wikipedia would be a better place. A stub article is not inherently worse than no article at all - an average user may be inspired to add additional info to an article they come across but has much less likelihood to start one about something they have knowledge of. A two minute search found his stats for this season - a speaker of the regional language could probably find considerably more info. Bladeboy1889 (talk) 19:54, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP:GNG should be the case here. The only time exception is granted is for young players but this guy is different. He is entering the ending chapters of his career, we have no information about himself anywhere on the internet (that includes Hindi sources as well), and we do not have stats available as well. The page is barren. --ArsenalFan700 (talk) 20:07, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - per nom. Given the poor quality of the article and the clear absence of sources, this falls under the portion of WP:NSPORT which says that not all articles which meet that criteria must be kept. It's purpose is to be an indicator of general notability, but given that general notability is clearly not met in this case, deletion seems a reasonable course of action. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:52, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:GNG which outweighs WP:NFOOTBALL; there is plenty of precedent that making one pro appearance is not enough to keep an article that comprehensively fails GNG. Giant Snowman 11:43, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:36, 7 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:36, 7 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:36, 7 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete As noted, meeting WP:NFOOTY doesn't make a player notable; it should mean he meets WP:GNG, but this doesn't seem to be the case here. There are some statistics out there, but those are WP:ROUTINE and don't help establish notability. Sideways713 (talk) 11:56, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - even though this subject passes WP:NFOOTY, it is more important to pass WP:GNG, which this one doesn't. Mentoz86 (talk) 16:59, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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.