Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glenn Dunlop

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The result was keep. The rewrite during the AfD has added additional sources of a non-routine nature that show GNG. Fenix down (talk) 08:32, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Glenn Dunlop

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He fails WP:NFOOTBALL having never played in a fully pro league. GNG is failed also. Source 1 is a blog of unknown reliability and source 2 is a Questia article that I can't read the whole of but doesn't look like it will provide significant coverage of Dunlop. Dougal18 (talk) 09:18, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 12:28, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No evidence of notability. Trillfendi (talk) 15:30, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep no WP:BEFORE search completed here, I assume. He was one of the best players in a semi-professional league for an entire decade, and as such, plenty has been written about him. [1] [2] [3] Since his career ended 20 years ago, I'm having difficulty finding significant coverage from the 1990's, but a simple web search shows he still gets talked about to this day on "best of all time" lists. SportingFlyer T·C 18:21, 25 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep ~~Delete – not crossing the GNG bar for me.~~ Belfast Telegraph is more about the team than about the player. I can't access the full Sunday Mirror, but it gives no indication of being SIGCOV of the player. Over the Turnstile is a blog, not an RS. This BBC article doesn't really focus on the player that much. Leaving this BBC article as the only thing I would call WP:SIGCOV, and it's shortness makes it very, very marginal for me. What that leaves us with is not enough material from which to write a decent article, especially for a BLP. BTW the player is now a minister [4]. Leviv ich 01:31, 26 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, that assumes that's everything that's been written about him. [5] [6] He had a testimonial against a Premier League team!! SportingFlyer T·C 01:48, 26 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - Changing my !vote to keep following new sources shared by SportingFlyer and article re-write. The additional Belfast Telegraph articles, plus BBC, provides enough sigcov for notability and WP:42. Leviv ich 00:50, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Sigh. It's a WP:COPYVIO. Wonder if it's salvageable. I've notified the article creator. [7] SportingFlyer T·C 02:02, 26 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've rewritten the article and added a number of citations, which I wouldn't have done if I thought this should be deleted. Still think this is a clear keep, it'd be upsetting if someone who played a single league game in England would be able to have an article but a player who dominated his local league for a decade and appeared in several European matches would be deleted. SportingFlyer T·C 06:13, 26 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep WP:ANYBIO widely recognized contribution and award... "Northern Ireland PFA Player of the Year and Football Writer's Premier League Team of the Year Award".. Lubbad85 (☎) 19:22, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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