The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. - Mailer Diablo 13:37, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Admittedly, this footballer has played in the highest league in Norway, which is a fully professional league (although it's very unlikely that he had a professional contract). But his sole appearance was limited to 7 minutes. (See this cached page). Therefore this article falls on the "non" side of notability, and also WP:V. Punkmorten 17:14, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. All that matters is that he has played in the highest league. Indeed, the single appearance creates its own sort of odd notability. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 17:49, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - The athlete meets Wikipedia's notability criteria for his appearence in a pro game. I'm against this current standard, but the issue needs to be debated in other forums before articles like the currently proposed are eligible for deletion. -bobby 17:53, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep LOL, if 7 minutes of notability suffices.Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 00:28, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Professional footballer. -- Necrothesp 02:24, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, meets WP:Bio. Englishrose 09:54, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, he played a professional game and that should matched the notability of Professional soccer player. Rakuten06 12:44, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, meets WP:BIO but the article needs improving. Kingjamie 22:25, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Verifiability (policy) > notability (guideline). What can possibly be written about seven minutes? Its not like he's the Norwegian equivalent of Ali Dia or anything. Fails the Warhol test. Oldelpaso 22:36, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. There are numerous examples of past precedent on the issue of single-game sportspeople, and all of the ones with which I'm familiar were Keeps. Some examples can be found at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lecomte, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christine Robinson, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Albert Baumann, etc. In the case of Lecomte, we don't even know the athlete's full name, and he was still kept. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 01:03, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • There's another one, which escapes me temporarily, for a race-car driver who only competed in one race, and didn't finish. He, too, was kept. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 01:08, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • You might be referring to Juan Jover, and the article was deleted (but later recreated). Punkmorten 15:44, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per Oldelpaso. HornetMike 14:05, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - A 7 minute professional soccer career is notable in itself. Kind of reminds me of Staf Van Den Buys --Oakshade 06:07, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Career? As for Van Den Buys the reliable sources are few, and I'm thinking that it might be a misspelling. Punkmorten 15:44, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. He is a professional football player. --Carioca 01:01, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, I've fully shown my opposition to the very incredible rule which implies notability just for seven minutes in professional football. What about all those guys appearing on TV for their 15 minutes of fame? --Angelo 00:51, 6 November 2006 (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.