Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Liviu Bird

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The result was delete. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:46, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Liviu Bird

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A footballer who plays for a team in the Premier Development League, a non-professional league. Fails WP:NFOOTBALL. He does write blogs for bleacherreport. He just wrote his first blog for the New York Times and has done a few for Equalizer soccer blog. He just graduated from Seattle Pacific University with a degree in journalism. There are no independent, reliable references about him. He is just starting out in his profession. Case of WP:TOOSOON. Prod was contested because, "Added more information, and deleted proposed deletion notice - Bird plays for a fully professional club, and is notable for being a player/journalist." Bgwhite (talk) 21:51, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:22, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Mattythewhite (talk) 01:02, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - certainly not notable as a soccer player, and doesn't look notable as a journalist. Giant Snowman 11:08, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - as a footballer, he fails WP:NFOOTBALL. Doesn't look notable as journalist either. Fails WP:GNG. Mentoz86 (talk) 16:50, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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