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The result was delete. Arbitrarily0 ( talk) 04:33, 7 April 2023 (UTC) reply

Eugeniusz Olszyna

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Contested draftification. Was draftified explaining that NFOOTY has been deprecated and they need to meet GNG. Was returned to mainspace without improvement, with the comment, "Absolutely reasonable stub", ignoring the notability criteria. Refs consist of two database entry and a primary source. Fails WP:GNG. Onel5969 TT me 12:29, 30 March 2023 (UTC) reply

  • I said he appeared to be a marginal figure because Eleven Sports Poland indicates that he was primarily a substitute for Lech (appearing in just 42 official matches during his 5 seasons with the club): Nigdy nie był graczem pierwszego wyboru, raczej zmiennikiem, który na boisku nie popisywał się "snajperskim nosem". I can't find any indication that he played in the Ekstraklasa for another club, but I'll check if I missed something. Jogurney ( talk) 19:15, 31 March 2023 (UTC) reply
The club website and 90minut.pl are reliable sources, but the club is not an independent source (as it has a vested interest in promoting its own players) and at three short sentences, the 90minut.pl obituary is not in-depth: Eugeniusz Olszyna urodził się 10 lutego 1954 roku w Poznaniu. W barwach Lecha grał w latach 1974-1976. W ówczesnej I lidze rozegrał 39 spotkań, w których zdobył trzy bramki. Jogurney ( talk) 19:18, 31 March 2023 (UTC) reply
firstly, I hope you appreciate how hard it is to find sources from PRL era Poland relating to the 70s. Secondly, per WP:STUB this is enough to build upon. Thirdly, Warta Poznań may have been in the league below at that point in time but is an absolutely top club in Poland, not sone provincial team. Also why are we holding Polish players to an absurdly higher level than the third or fourth tier in England? That would be a systemic WP:BIAS surely. That Lech has a vested interest in promoting a player who has just died and not played for 50 years is an absurd suggestion; they have plenty of notable players past and presenting their interest would be in recognising a current player or one they wish to aquire surely. Abcmaxx ( talk) 20:28, 31 March 2023 (UTC) reply
It's really not absurd to believe a football club has an interest in promoting its former players. We had a recent discussion at WT:NSPORTS where I asked this exact question. I agree that finding contemporary Polish sources from the 1970s is exceedingly difficult. I also believe that Eleven Sports Poland provided some in-depth coverage in their obituary, so I'm not sure how to !vote yet. That said, it would be easier if Polish media had profiled Olszyna after retirement (rather than the spate of obituaries now available following his death). Jogurney ( talk) 01:43, 1 April 2023 (UTC) reply
I'm absolutely sure they did profile after his retirement, but that still would have been over 40 years ago, so still in the PRL-era and way before the invention of the internet. Unless you happen to have a copy of the local paper from 4 decades ago lying around I'm not sure what sources you exactly expect; and yes if I find better ones I will add them. Abcmaxx ( talk) 15:35, 1 April 2023 (UTC) reply
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