Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Notman

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The result was delete. Tone 20:21, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Steven Notman

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Contested PROD. PROD concern was: "Has not played in a fully professional league, so does not pass the football player notability guideline and does not have significant coverage in reliable sources, so does not pass the general notability guideline." Since the PROD a few references have been added, but the only one that could be considered significant coverage was in the Border Telegraph, a local newspaper from what I can tell. Jenks24 (talk) 12:53, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak Delete I think. He's had a wee bit more coverage than that (this and this), but none of it particularly significant and Berwick don't satisfy the notability guidelines at WP:NFOOTY, so I think he probably has to go despite under-19 (or 21) appearances for Scotland. Cup appearances that seem to indicate he played for Hibs seem to be for Berwick - this source suggests he played for the first team but none of the standard databases agree, although I can find some reference to a pre-season friendly or two so they must be those appearances I think and he certainly warmed the bench against Celtic at least once. So it's probably a delete - not enough for GNG in my book just now. Blue Square Thing (talk) 13:39, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Giant Snowman 14:07, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:NFOOTBALL and WP:GNG. Giant Snowman 14:09, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:NFOOTBALL and WP:GNG. He has played no higher than the fourth tier of Scottish football. Argyle 4 Life^talk 18:41, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that there is enough media coverage of Steven Notman to justify him having a place on the encyclopedia. He has featured in matchday squads for Hibernian in the Scottish premier League and CIS Insurance cup, has played a number of matches for Scotland at various age levels, played in a live Sky Sports match for Berwick Rangers against Celtic this season, and is very well known regionally in the Scottish Borders and beyond. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.73.59.234 (talk) 09:23, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That may be true. If you can show us where we can find reliable and verifiable sources to show that sort of thing then it would be grand. Blue Square Thing (talk) 12:00, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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