Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marko Ristić

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 (non-admin closure). Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:09, 6 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Marko Ristić

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Article's subject fails to meet WP:GNG. A search on GoogleNews produces no hits, a regular Google search shows only pages of statistics which are inadequate per WP:SPORTCRIT. I have verified that there are no articles on him in either the Serbian or Serbo-Croatian Wikipedias (the one result on the Serbian Wikipedia is not him but another, now-deceased Marko Ristić). While he may appear to meet WP:NSPORT, he does not meet the the more-fundamental requirements of WP:GNG. KDS4444^Talk 09:00, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Sir Sputnik (talk) 19:19, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Serbia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:07, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:07, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:07, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Sources indicate that the individual has played in a fully professional league and so passes WP:NFOOTY. Article needs expanding not deleting. Per current consensus, players who have played in a fully professional league are assumed notable. Presence or lack thereof on Serbian WP or any other Wiki is not relevant. Fenix down (talk) 11:42, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - numerous appearances in a fully-professional league, as confirmed by reliable sources, so this player meets WP:NFOOTBALL. Needs improving, not deleting, to bring in line with WP:GNG. Nomination smacks of WP:POINT. Giant Snowman 17:31, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - It was my understanding that the policies outlined in WP:NFOOTY and WP:NFOOTBALL, both under the heading of WP:NSPORTS, were only intended as useful guidelines, rules of thumb, and that WP:GNG still had to be met to justify a full article. This article is coming up on two years now with no meaningful citations, and I was able to find no evidence of this individual showing promise of becoming notable in the future. As a permanent WP:SUBSTUB, then, it appeared to fall in the category of deletable articles. Please clarify for me. Thanks. KDS4444^Talk 21:50, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Appears to meet WP:NFOOTBALL. Mice never shop (talk) 00:04, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And that, as I have already gone over at length on other deletion nominations, does not matter here since WP:GNG supersedes WP:NFOOTBALL.KDS4444 ^Talk 17:10, 2 July 2014 (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.