Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Valeri Minkenen
Whether it's good or bad, nearly ''all'' athletes meet the general notability guideline, simply because there are so many websites that devote individual pages to each individual athlete on a team.  Not every person or event who meets  is notable enough for a stand-alone article, and where  draws the line is by either requiring that a player represents his or her nation in major competition, or plays "in a fully-professional league".  Were it otherwise, we'd have a friggin' article for every NCAA player in the entire U.S., and every person who ever played soccer football in the world.  It appears that his current league Meistriliiga is not fully professional; assuming that Veikkausliiga is fully professional (it's the Finnish premier league, and pays an average salary of 20,000 Euros, according to its article), then playing for AC Oulu and FC Haka qualifies him under .  If someone can demonstrate that the Veikkausliiga is ''not'' fully professional, then I'd say delete
— User:Mandsford, 02:23, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:ATHLETE (Wikipedia:Notability)