Talk:Walter Atherton (footballer)

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This page should not be speedy deleted because...[edit]

This page should not be speedy deleted because appearances in the Football League is a basis of notability in WP:Assocation football. -166.137.138.202 (talk) 11:46, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I find it hard to believe that a player who played only 13 games for one club over 100 years ago, scored no goals, has no DOB or details about his life or death, playing style and is both an orphan and a stub, is a notable person. WP:NOT#STATS! May I also point out that WP:NFOOTBALL says "Players who have appeared...in a fully-professional league (as detailed here), will generally be regarded as notable." Emphisis added to show it does not say always. However, I can perhaps concede that this article should be discussed for deletion rather than speedied. Kind Regards, Andrew ARDawson (talk) 13:09, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If we can't get a date of birth for him now, what chance do we have if his article is deleted - speedy or otherwise? - Dudesleeper talk 21:51, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This article has no inline citations and very little information about this footballer. I left three tags on the article. I will wait to see if there is any improvement, or agreement about deletion instead.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 22:04, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]