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The result was delete. ✗plicit 12:17, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

John Aitken (footballer, born 1897)[edit]

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The article lacks sources, and a Google search found nothing. Appears to fail GNG, which wins over NFOOTY which is now gone. ArsenalGhanaPartey (talk) 13:33, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football, and Scotland. Shellwood (talk) 15:29, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:20, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - there will be WP:OFFLINESOURCES like the one in the article, plus Michael Joyce, as well as historical newspapers etc. Expecting there to be online coverage of somebody born in 1897 is ridiculous. Giant Snowman 07:04, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
See WP:But there must be sources! ArsenalGhanaPartey (talk) 15:52, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete We do not keep articles because other sources are alleged to exist. We expect sources to be spelled out before articles are created, the is the very basics of verifiability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:53, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:50, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Lacks significant coverage. 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 (talk) 15:09, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per GiantSnowman. Davidlofgren1996 (talk) 04:01, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
WP:But there must be sources! ArsenalGhanaPartey (talk) 13:31, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, due to failing WP:GNG. We cannot assume sources exist; their existence must be proven. BilledMammal (talk) 05:47, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. NFOOTY was discarded because it was very poor at predicting GNG. Assurances of SIGCOV existing that are based on the same criteria that used to be in NFOOTY should therefore be disregarded absent actual evidence of these sources. JoelleJay (talk) 05:16, 31 May 2022 (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.