Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Luìs Fernando Centi

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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, WP:SNOWBALL. Angelo 13:42, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

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I tagged this for speedy deletion because there's no evidence of notability. Declined because WP:BIO states that footballers who have played in a fully professional league are in general notable. But it also states that meeting this criterion "does not guarantee that a subject should be included". A politician would need to have held major office or achieved significant press coverage. By that reckoning, with over 3,500 professional footballers in England alone and goodness knows how many worldwide (100,000?), notability needs a bit more than simply being in a team.

  • There's no evidence in this article that the footballer has done anything worthy of note for his team (e.g. scored any goals) nor how long he's been a professional (a week? ten years?).
  • Wikipedia is not a directory - specifically: "Biography articles should only be for people with some sort of fame, achievement, or perhaps notoriety". Wearing a number 6 shirt isn't enough. andy 13:20, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep There's nothing wrong with the stub and this nomination willfully misunderstands, or simply wishes to ignore, Wikipedia policy on sportspeople. The nominator may think he's not notable, but WP:BIO shows that he is. This is a complete waste of other people's time. If you'd bothered to do a moment's research you'd have spotted that we already have a larger article on Luis Fernando Centi and that a redirect might have been more appropriate. The confusion came because of the accent over the i in his first name. This article shows that he's made plenty of appearances for a variety of teams in the lower echelons of the professional Italian league system. Nick mallory 13:52, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  • The article has been replaced with a redirect to the other article on the player, can we close this AfD now? If andy wants to nominate the other article then that's obviously up to him..... ChrisTheDude 14:34, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  • This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related deletions. Woodym555 15:41, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep The article has been redirected to the name without diacritic. The player is notable enough, though the article is barely a stub and could use help. Alexf(Talk/Contribs) 15:25, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Passes WP:BIO as has played in a fully professional league for Livorno and Atalanta at least. Number 57 15:35, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep has played for several clubs in fully professional leagues. It has now been redirected to to the slightly more comprehensive Luis Fernando Centi. In any case this was an article that needed some expansion and not deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Woodym555 (talk • contribs)
  • Speedy Close as article has been redirected. Article it has been redirected to meets WP:BIO criteria (which I agree with). Davewild 07:30, 25 September 2007 (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.