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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 14:52, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kelvin Owusu Bossman[edit]

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prod removed without article being improved in any significant way. Edit summary says there are many google hits for this guy but one should not have to go outside wiki to determine wiki worthiness. Article should show wiki worthiness and this article does not and editor(s) don't seem willing to improve it to the point that it does. Postcard Cathy 13:51, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. How is being the star player of a national U-17 soccer team and being a prospect for a Premier League team not demonstrating "wiki worthiness"? The statement is sourced by a FIFA article, which is referenced. Clearly meets WP:BIO via Competitors who have played in a fully professional league, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming and tennis and Competitors who have played or competed at the highest level in amateur sports. Also, the article was improved after I removed the proposed deletion notice- the original message was "there are many 16 yo soccer player; this doesn't tell me why he is any different than any other teen soccer players. Reading FC has no link so I have no idea if it is minor league team; the teen equivalent of little league or what. I even had to ask for citation on europort citation because we have no proof." I fixed the link to Reading F.C. to demonstrate it is a top-tier football club, wrote that he was the star player for Ghana's youth team, and provided a FIFA citation. There are articles about him as far back as December. --Wafulz 14:15, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Standards for footballers are straightforward - the player must have played a full senior international or in a first-team match for his club team. Reading FC qualifies and so would an appearance for the Ghanaian team, but he's not there yet. Delete for now but that's no bar to recreation when he meets the standard. -- BPMullins | Talk 14:28, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Where are these standards? I tried finding them, but didn't get anything. --Wafulz 14:37, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is what is being refered to. meshach 16:24, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I meant specifically for soccer. My comment quotes what you're linking. I know in the ice hockey wikiproject a top prospect is considered notable enough for an article, so I was wondering if soccer was similar. --Wafulz 14:22, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Subject simply doesn't meet notability guidelines. /Blaxthos 15:38, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Agreed; does not currently meet the established criteria. Adrian M. H. 17:50, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. Fails WP:BIO. --Evb-wiki 23:53, 5 June 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.