Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seamus Coleman
As to general notability, the google news hits are half non-RS and the rest just mention his transfer, the ''Irish Independent'' para is general spacefilling football gossip, and the ''Irish Times'' mentions are just that – mentions of his name in team sheets and match reports. His transfer is covered, but only to the extent of reporting it happened; the BBC covers transfers in similar detail at much lower levels of English football, e.g. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/eastbourne_borough/7867746.stm this report of Eastbourne Borough, a semi-pro team playing in the fifth tier, signing a player whose only competitive experience was at even lower levels. Footnote 6 at #Basic criteria says ''Non-triviality is a measure of the depth of content of a published work, and how far removed that content is from a simple directory entry or a mention in passing that does not discuss the subject in detail.'' I haven't yet seen coverage of Mr Coleman that goes beyond the trivial, so in my view he fails . And as he clearly fails WP:ATHLETE, by never having played in a fully-professional league, I have to go with delete. cheers
— User:Struway2, 09:24, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)