Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raymond Daniels

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The result was KEEP per WP:SNOW, and meets guidelines. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:25, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Raymond Daniels

According to the sources, he is notable only for his early demise. His achievements in football clearly do not merit a Wikipedia article. user:Dorftrottel 00:56, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tentative keep. You sure of that? Goalkeeper for a senior Gaelic Football side in the All-Ireland championships sounds like it could well achieve notability to me. There seems to be no mention in the articles as to whether this is a fully professional league, but I would think that would be likely, and if so, he meets the notability requirements. Grutness...wha? 01:21, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I think the amount of articles and length of them speak for notability. Plus, it's a well written article that does not have any problems. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 01:25, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep He played Gaelic football for Wicklow at senior intercounty level, including the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the highest level of that sport. He thus meets WP:ATHLETE ("Competitors who have competed at the highest level in amateur sports.") Both Gaelic football and hurling are fully amateur, even the highest leagues. He would be notable for Wikipedia if he was still alive. Most of the sources are obituaries because obits are often good sources about a person's life. (BTW, I am a major contributor to this article.) Bláthnaid 08:40, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - meets WP:N, far as I can see. Also, his death at an early age had put him into the media spotlight in Ireland for quite some time - Alison ^❤ 08:52, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. -- Bláthnaid 08:43, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Appears to pass bio and athlete. — _Maggot^Syn 13:44, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep he is verifiable and notable, as proven by the reliable sources cited in the article. EJF (talk) 20:21, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.