Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fábio Pereira da Silva (2nd nomination)
WP:ATHLETE is part of , which clearly states that "Should a person fail to meet these additional criteria, they may still be notable under Wikipedia:Notability." Thus while WP:ATHLETE is sufficient for inclusion, it is not necessary - meeting our general notability standard is also sufficient. With seven independent sources in the article, all of which deal substantively with the player, it seems to me beyond question that this player meets our notability standards - indeed, he does so better than players who have broken into professional first teams such as David Gray (footballer) and Ben Amos. It would be a perverse bit of logic to say that these players, who have made scattered appearances and been the subject of minimal press coverage, are notable because they meet WP:ATHLETE, whereas Fabio da Silva, a player who does not need the wider standards offered by WP:ATHLETE to pass our notability standards, should not be covered
— User:Phil, 17:26, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)