Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter McGlynn

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 delete. Daniel (talk) 21:51, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Peter McGlynn

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

Recreation of article that was deleted via PROD. Article still fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. – Michael (talk) 20:08, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. – Michael (talk) 20:11, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: While "famous" for one event (shoving a referee during a match in 2012) which was covered by major outlets in Deadspin, USA Today, Yahoo! Sports, and Santa Barbara Independent among others, McGlynn has done enough to warrant an article in my opinion. He fails WP:NFOOTBALL by letter of the law, but still plays in the top tier of Ireland and was previously signed to the first team of a fully professional club. For me, he passes WP:GNG from his previous event in addition to additional coverage picked up along his career in Drogheda/Irish Independent and Irish Sun and the like. GauchoDude (talk) 21:12, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:45, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:45, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:45, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - does not meet WP:NFOOTBALL criteria and even if one event qualified for notability (but it doesn't), that event isn't even referenced in the article.--Rpclod (talk) 04:01, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Fails WP:NFOOTY as has not played senior international football nor played in a fully professional league. No indication that subject has garnered significant reliable coverage for any other achievements to satisfy GNG. I have the following issues with the keep comments to date:

The sources above about shoving a referee do not amount to significant, reliable coverage per GNG as essentially a single event, plus his actions aren't really that rare.
Additional comments about him playing in a countries top teir are also not relevant, we don't have articles on all players in the Cook Islands Round Cup simply because it is the top tier, like the League of Ireland it is not a fully professional league.
The fact that he was signed by a team in a fully professional league is also not relevant, he has never played for them in a competitive fixture involving two teams from FPLs. Many players, especially young players are signed by big clubs in the hope that they will develop, never do and never make an appearance before falling out of the fully professional world. this is specifically why we have WP:NFOOTY to avoid the creation of non-notable articles.
Drogheda/Irish Independent is a brief interview as a result of a transfer from a regional newspaper. The general consensus is that transfer reports constitute routine coverage and as this interview would probably not have taken place had he not recently signed for the club (and I note this interview took place before he even played a competitive game) I don't think it amounts to significant coverage.
Irish Sun is behind a paywall so it is difficult to see how significant the voerage is. However, from the little available which says EARLIEST FOOTBALL MEMORY? MY first training session with it seems like a brief quick fire Q&A session rather than much in depth. I would need to see sourced prose citing this source in the article to accept this could contribute to GNG.

Either way, the fundamental point here is that this is a footballer who has played only 30 league games in the last 5 years according to the article. It is impossible to see how he could be notable as a result of this alone. Fenix down (talk) 07:57, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - fails WP:GNG, WP:NFOOTBALL, and WP:BLP1E. Giant Snowman 17:37, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Not notable. Ashbeckjonathan (talk) 20:06, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - He has not played in a fully pro league or received significant coverage, meaning the article fails WP:NSPORT and WP:GNG. Sir Sputnik (talk) 17:17, 19 July 2015 (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.