Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Armson

James Armson

[Hide this box] New to Articles for deletion (AfD)? Read these primers!

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

WP:PROD was overturned as User:Telfordbuck said that the player had not played in a professional league, which User:Spiderone removed, interpreting it as a reference to the defunct WP:NFOOTY. I've seen hundreds of articles made by User:Das osmnezz, and what I've noticed is that they are often vague on why a player should be considered notable and seem to put the WP:BURDEN on others to do the legwork and investigate minor figures. What we've got from the page is that a local newspaper considered him one of the most important players at the mighty Nuneaton Borough, then he signed for Solihull Moors, then one season later Brackley Town. He won the FA Trophy at Brackley, a competition for teams in the fifth to eighth levels of English football. A handicap tournament excluding the best 92 teams. No sources have been provided for if he was an exceptional individual part of that success. I think we need exceptional coverage to establish notability for someone whose highest level of football was the fifth level, and who has spent the last decade in the sixth. That hasn't been provided and I can't find it. There's BBC coverage of a hat-trick against Gillingham, [1] a bigger but not exactly massive club, in 2016 but surely that's WP:BLP1E as 15 minutes of fame in an ordinary career. BBC local radio (not national) have this article on a man of the same name in the local area who runs a youth charity, but it doesn't identify him as a footballer, and I don't think social workers asking for donations pass WP:GNG [2] Unknown Temptation (talk) 18:48, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football, and England. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:50, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Plus if we are going on the logic he was an exceptional player at his previous club, that is obviously open to interpretation based on the observer.

If that is the case, where do we stop? You could have thousands of pages created but would not be kept up to date. This one is an example as he moved to AFC Telford over 6 months ago.

Telfordbuck (talk) 19:29, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:48, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 21:59, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Clearly significant player in English lower leagues with sources and the youth charity person is the same person as the footballer. Telfordbuck's logic does not make sense because most players who played their career in non-league do not have much sources. Article needs improvement, not deletion. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 22:07, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Plays at a minor level, we need extensive sourcing... One decent article, the rest are simply confirmation of charity work or the like. I don't see notability, based on the lack of sourcing. Oaktree b (talk) 22:55, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Subject does not appear to have the sustained coverage from multiple independent sources to meet the WP:GNG. Let'srun (talk) 17:05, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]