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The result was keep. TonyBallioni (talk) 06:18, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Andrea Rinaldi[edit]

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The subject was a successful youth player, but he didn't have success in a major international competition at the highest level. I was told at the talk page one Serie C appearance (he achieved just that, one appearance) was enough to meet GNG per WP:NFOOTY , but I couldn't confirm this. So I nominate it for deletion. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 06:04, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Two sources are databases and the others mention his early death with some info on his football career as a youth and the one appearance in the Serie C. I quote WP:NFOOTY that leads to WP:SPORTBASIC (also accounts for the bold part above) at Wikipedia:Notability (sports) Sports biographies must include at least one reference to a source providing significant coverage of the subject, excluding database sources. Meeting this requirement alone does not indicate notability, but it does indicate that there are likely sufficient sources to merit a stand-alone article.

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 06:04, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Football and Italy. Skynxnex (talk) 13:33, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Giant Snowman 15:28, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - one appearance was enough to meet NFOOTBALL, but that is now defunct, so it is irrelevant. What matters is GNG - and I think there is enough coverage out there to show notability. Giant Snowman 15:30, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Per above. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 16:32, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the explanations @GiantSnowman. But can you explain to me what of the underlined in bold was achieved? As a sportsperson he doesn't appear to meet the requirements no highest level, no international competition, so where enters GNG? Just so I know how to argue in future discussions. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 17:29, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You are incorrectly conflating 'playing at a professional level' with 'meeting GNG'. As I have said - the level of play is irrelevant. What matters is GNG i.e. significant coverage. Giant Snowman 18:19, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Then they are notable for one event which is their death at an early age, what the headlines are all about.

But reading WP:ONEEVENT lets me see that they also do not meet this criteria. If one reads WP:NOTNEWS also makes me feel the article fails GNG. All to understand how to argue in future deletion discussions. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 03:55, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Trying to follow to your rationale of GNG I found that one:Wikipedia:INDISCRIMINATE. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 05:01, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep passes GNG.--Ortizesp (talk) 23:28, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:ONEEVENT. Mr Rinaldi's football career wasn't notable; in recent times, even before WP:NFOOTBALL was deprecated, a subject with no football-related WP:SIGCOV and just eight minutes in Serie C would have very likely been deleted. His untimely death received immediate coverage, and some of that was website coverage at a national level because he was once on the books of a team people would have heard of, but that doesn't make him notable. No prejudice against re-creation, perhaps as Death of Andrea Rinaldi, if the event had a lasting effect: if his death were to become the catalyst for requiring particular medical checks on footballers at a lower level, for instance. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 08:12, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note, I want to deleted it per WP:ONEEVENT, WP:NOTNEWS and Wikipedia:INDISCRIMINATE. No-one has opposed those arguments yet, so I believe they are valid.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 17:56, 9 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Dr Salvus 21:02, 9 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - he was a young player at a top team, hence his death received significant coverage worldwide. This coverage also came from good sources: Sky, BBC, goal.com, CNN, as well as pretty much every English newspaper - and these are just the English sources, there’s obviously significant coverage in Italy as well. Davidlofgren1996 (talk) 18:10, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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