Deletion of Kara Donnellan

Comment: One of only 16 marquee players signed to the new comp (see http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-27/who-are-the-marquee-players-named-for-womens-afl-comp/7663984 here). I think that trying to combat the gender bias that exists in the traditional mainstream media and here as well requires some more lenient applications of the rules. And which part of new national league that's only months away from starting is "unverifiable speculation" that  refers to?  The common practice of redirecting is done for later and rookie picks, but rarely for top draft picks, which the marquee players represent.  Everything in this article is verified by RS, but I accept that independence is questionable for most of the refs that cover her in detail, not just a mention, but the club & AFL websites claim to be independent, but few believe that. Applying the letter of the law for the sake of a few weeks/months delay achieves no benefit to anyone
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:CRYSTAL)

Comment: In my view, the extent of coverage for uncapped AFLW marquee players has been on par with that of uncapped high-to-mid round AFL draft selections. The AFL project has always taken an absolutely hard line that such players do not get articles until the day they play their first game, regardless of the extent of coverage, and it is contingent on the project to apply its own norms consistently. I've seen many AFL draftee articles deleted for "TOOSOON" on many occasions to ensure this practice is adhered to. To accept a 'keep' decision for this article while satisfying  presupposes that Donnellan would still be forever notable even if she blew out her knee in pre-season training and retired without ever playing an AFLW game
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NOTTEMPORARY)

Comment: Refs in article presently are rubbish (non-independent - all from AFL.com or the club page), yet Gnews search shows plenty of non-trivial, independent hits (several from The West Australian). This is enough to satisfy GNG, and that's pretty much all that matters. Sport-specific guidelines requiring, for example, playing in a "fully professional league" are about the ''presumption'' of notability, ie, the presumption that sufficient sources should exist for a player of a certain ilk. KD doesn't need to rely on presumption - she has plenty of decent sources anyway. Any exclusion argument would have to rely on , which I don't think could be reasonably made
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT)

Comment: satisfies 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: Notability established by independent media coverage. Presumption of notability will also soon be covered by participation in "major amateur league" as per  though is also  as she is yet to actually debut
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE||WP:TOOSOON)