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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Timotheus Canens (talk) 02:39, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel Spivak[edit]

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The criteria at WP:ATHLETE suggests an athlete must either compete in a fully professional league, or compete at the highest amateur level of a sport. Daniel Spivak has never played in a professional league. He played for the Israel national ice hockey team, but only in Division II, which is not the highest level: both the "World Championships" (top tier) and Division I (second tier) are higher. — Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 03:10, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep We generally keep anyone that has played in the World Championships regardless of tier, as they are playing at the highest possible level for the country they come from. -DJSasso (talk) 15:29, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. It is my contention that the "highest level" of hockey includes all senior national hockey teams by definition. In the event that my contention is not accepted by consensus, however, I request a Transwiki to the Ice Hockey Wikia, as should be done with all ice hockey articles deemed non-notable for Wikipedia. Powers ^T 15:30, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ice hockey-related deletion discussions. —Powers ^T 15:30, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Israel-related deletion discussions. —Powers ^T 15:30, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Played for a national team which is "highest level".--Giants27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 15:47, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Per DJSasso. Patken4 (talk) 16:52, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: Do we have any reliable sources confirming that Spivak did, indeed, play for the Israeli national team?  Ravenswing  22:09, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • It looks like he scored the first goal in the game against North Korea. That's the only game I checked. Patken4 (talk) 23:24, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy/Snow (its the season) Keep. Per Giants.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:55, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - if he played at the highest level of the sport, even internationally, he passes WP:ATHLETE, and therefore merits inclusion. Cocytus [»talk«] 14:00, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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