Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malcolm Adams

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 12:46, 12 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Malcolm Adams

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Contested PROD - fails WP:NFOOTBALL due to never playing in a "fully professional league" and WP:GNG due to lack of WP:SIGCOV Bring back Daz Sampson (talk) 11:53, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 12:06, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 12:06, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:06, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:16, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Correct me if I'm wrong but Ayr United were playing in the 2nd tier of Scottish football at the time in which he played 29 games for them. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:18, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Correct me if I'm wrong but according to Ayr United's official website: "It is a fact that Ayr United engaged solely part time players from 1939 until 1989." So if you wish to pretend they were "fully professional" you will need a source. Bring back Daz Sampson (talk) 12:37, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Touché Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 13:38, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - fails GNG and NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 19:36, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Leaning Delete but a redirect might be useful (this might have to be to Ayr United itself, because there does not seem to be a list of their players). Certainly not notable enough in the global context for his own entry, and if Scots consider themselves to be European (on which matter I sympathise) they cannot then take advantage of Anglosphere bias as if they were borderline-notable baseball players. RobinCarmody (talk) 14:27, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The article totally fails GNG.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:28, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - given that my suggestion that he played in a fully professional league has now been proved wrong, I can no longer make an argument for keeping. Given that he played for 3 different clubs, I would oppose redirecting for now. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 15:30, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Good point. I'm now wholly for Delete here. RobinCarmody (talk) 22:39, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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