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The result was keep. Sr 13 00:26, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Henning Svensson

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Speedied with the reasoning "Amateur soccer player who never played a match... this cannot be notable in any way at all..." Well, the answer is that yes, it can in fact be notable. He did after all play internationally, so this is an obvious keeper, but I'm listing it here for procedural reasons. Punkmorten 11:48, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Where is the claim to notability? He never played in the Olympics. As far as I can tell, his team did not win a medal in the event. Who knows what it means to "play internationally?" Say I've played a lot of shuffleboard internationally (in international waters even). What does that say about my notability? If playing internationally means something other than the plain meaning of the words, perhaps it should be enumerated. I don't know that I disagree with the speedy deletion rationale. Deranged bulbasaur 12:40, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep 'He played a total of 20 full international games for Sweden. He represented his country from 1912 to 1923' seems pretty clear to me [1]. He may not have played in the Olympics but he played for Sweden and for IFK Göteborg. This is football we're talking about here, 'Deranged', not shuffleboard, he's clearly notable. Nick mallory 12:46, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: 20 caps is a prima facie pass on WP:BIO. The meaning of "playing internationally" is well known to anyone modestly knowledgeable in football/soccer. For my own part, I'd hesitate to put my oar in on an AfD where there were technical terms I neither understood nor cared to learn. RGTraynor 12:54, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep meets WP:BIO for athletes having played at the highest amateur level. -- Mattinbgn/^talk 12:54, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The original nominator probably didn't read past the reference to the Olympics. BTLizard 13:30, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Looking at the history of this article I notice that it was nominated for speedy deletion exactly two minutes after its creation, despite being sourced even in its first incarnation. This is ridiculous. Nick mallory 14:03, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep As a Swedish international is an easy keep. Davewild 14:08, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per users above. Easily passes WP:BIO; article is well sourced, etc. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps)))} 17:34, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I can see the consensus is going against me here, but my reasoning was he may have been part of an Olympic team, but he did not play an Olympic match, had only 20 caps, and was not notable for any other reason. Once again I see the tide going against me so will hold no grudges, but stand by my view. Raerth 18:00, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment "If the law supposes that, ... the law is a ass" I accept this passes WP:BIO and accept the consensus is minor sportsmen from a century ago deserve their own article, despite the lack of additional information. I will keep my views away from sports articles in the future. :) Raerth 13:50, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. "Only 20 caps" are, as previously mentioned, enough for WP:BIO. tomasz. 21:38, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per WP:BIO. Played 20 games at the highest level of international competition making him notable enough for mine. Capitalistroadster 02:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per WP:BIO cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 08:47, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related deletions. ChrisTheDude 10:07, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - if he was playing today as a full international he would merit an article; therefore the fact that he played 100 years ago is totally irrelevant. Daemonic Kangaroo 11:05, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per WP:BIO. WikiGull 11:11, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep passes WP:BIO Dave101→talk 11:49, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.