Many of these players dont even have pages yet. The ones that do have played in at least 1 match in a fully-professional league.
Let me also put it like this. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. We are not some sort of stats website. You could say however that wikipedia acts as a "false" stats website based on its contents. So they have these tough rules when it comes to creating pages. And they may become tighter soon.
Some leagues that are in the fully-pro list should not even be there. How is the Myanmar Football League fully-professional?
If a player is over the age of 23 and still does not have a wikipedia page, DONT CREATE ONE FOR HIM!
The only time you should is if, and only if, you have sourced information on the player or if the player moves to another team.
The problem: Most players in the I-League over 23 have been in the league for awhile now and have accumulated plenty of caps for their club. Now after every season those stats are lost and we dont have a website that takes all the stats like caps and all that for I-League (Now we do with Soccerway but that only started this season).
So basically if you create a page for a over 23 year old player with unknown caps this is what will come up:
This is not a dig at the creator of the article as it is not his fault. Wikipedia dont make it a requirement but common sense should prevail. This article provides nothing to the reader. Other than his birthday and club there is nothing in the article of encyclopedic value. No caps, no bios, nothing!
And these pages are everywhere on the Indian football landscape and plenty on the Indonesian pages. Right now I am trying to make a new rule to get rid of them but I would first like to ask us to stop creating them in the first place. Thank you.
BTW, I have now officially changed my wikipedia username. Instead of Arsenalkid700 I will now be known as ArsenalFan700. I am also hoping to make that my username here and on BigSoccer but it is now officially confirmed on wikipedia.
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> shakkeerKM said:
> Create a wiki page for brendon fernandes
> Arsenalkid700 said:
> > shakkeerKM said:
> > Create a wiki page for brendon fernandes
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No. That is why Brandon Fernandes does not have a page and why all these Pailan Arrows players who were former U19 players are only getting pages now.
oh ok... I dont really understand the rules
> rudra said:
> oh ok... I dont really understand the rules
vineeth ck shud have 1 cap for india
Ask and you shall receive.
Okay... I repeat.
ok dude..carry on..every day is a new learning
BTW, I have now officially changed my wikipedia username. Instead of Arsenalkid700 I will now be known as ArsenalFan700. I am also hoping to make that my username here and on BigSoccer but it is now officially confirmed on wikipedia.