Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Luke Ayling
As has already been pointed out, he currently fails . As far as the sources on the page go, this is mainly primary sources (Arsenal's websites), a fansite and what appears to be a couple of paragraphs directly quoting from Arsenal's site. The only substantial source is the one from the Guardian which, although it shows that the lad is a promising player, doesn't show that he is any more notable than other promising 18 year olds playing for Premier League youth teams. Media coverage of football is pretty exhaustive right down to Level 10 and beyond, so simply having a few stories written about him doesn't make him notable in this area. There is no guarantee that he will break into the first team, and until he achieves something of note (either by playing competitive football at a fully professional level, or doing something notable in another field), I would have to say delete this article for now. If he does indeed make his fully-pro debut, a quick request at 's talk page is all that's needed for an admin to get it recreated
— User:Bettia, 14:25, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:ATHLETE||WP:FOOTY (Wikipedia:Notability)