Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Football

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Football

Jo Nakajima

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Footballer with no usable sources and no good claim to notability. Someone tried to redirect it, but without any valid target. Geschichte (talk) 11:04, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Seiichi Negishi

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Footballer with no usable sources and no good claim to notability. Someone tried to redirect it, but without any valid target. Geschichte (talk) 11:04, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Aminu Abdallah

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Made 30 appearances in his career for Championship teams before disappearing from the sport. Fails GNG. RossEvans19 (talk) 22:36, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 04:57, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Luizinho (footballer, born 1987)

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Even after a WP:BEFORE I couldn't find anything about the player, who had spells at Fluminense and FC Penafiel and is a youth international. Even so, fails in lack WP:SIGCOV. Svartner (talk) 19:26, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per nom. Non-notable footballer. Paul Vaurie (talk) 00:43, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Motoki Imagawa

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Footballer with no usable sources and no good claim to notability. Someone tried to redirect it, but without any valid target. Geschichte (talk) 06:58, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 18:41, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:11, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rodrigo (footballer, born 1979)

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Footballer with no usable sources and no good claim to notability. Someone tried to redirect it, but without any valid target. Geschichte (talk) 06:58, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Completely fails in WP:GNG, there is nothing about this player even on stats databases ([1]). Svartner (talk) 18:38, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:10, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete - Per Svartner, no database stats is worrying. RossEvans19 (talk) 23:38, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Toshihiro Yahata

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Footballer with no usable sources and no good claim to notability. Someone tried to redirect it, but without any valid target. Geschichte (talk) 06:58, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Strong delete The article cites no sources. Mikeycdiamond (talk) 11:37, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – The secondary sources provided on Japanese Wikipedia are just press release. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 16:09, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:10, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Taiki Maekawa

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Footballer with no usable sources and no good claim to notability. Someone tried to redirect it, but without any valid target. Geschichte (talk) 06:58, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia is just an unsourced dumping ground. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 16:12, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Only made two cup appearances, the rest are all at a lower level. Fails GNG. RossEvans19 (talk) 18:04, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:10, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yōsuke Nishi

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Footballer with no usable sources and no good claim to notability. Someone tried to redirect it, but without any valid target. Geschichte (talk) 06:57, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia only consists of one source that is a press release, and nothing else. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 16:16, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 17:29, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:10, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2014–15 Moldovan Under-18 Division

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Children's football in Moldova. How is this notable? (Note that I will not bundle the other seasons at this point.) Geschichte (talk) 20:26, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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delete Barely cited (and to a primary source) for a juvenile league. I can't see how this is going to pass any sort of notability standard. Mangoe (talk) 22:05, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 17:15, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete did some searches for native name, can't find anything. Would suggest a PROD for others if they are the same situation. Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 20:03, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Note that youth football can be notable, this is not. Giant Snowman 20:10, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2024/25 Romford FC Season

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Seasons for a low-tier team are not notable. Challenged PROD Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 17:16, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 21:09, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Clearly fails in WP:NSEASON, since is about a 9th tier club. Svartner (talk) 17:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This ninth tier club's (mediocre) season does not seem to be notable by any means, especially when looking at WP:SEASON.

Mark Byrne (footballer, born 2000)

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No evidence of notability. Article was draftified by Guliolopez, but the author moved it back to mainspace for no apparent reason. CycloneYoris ^talk! 06:43, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 12:15, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - closest I can find to significant coverage is Irish Examiner, a match report Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:30, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's a passing mention. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 13:43, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete – One source is not enough for a Wikipedia article. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 13:43, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Per nom. Svartner (talk) 15:07, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I moved this page a while back for proper disambiguation, upon searching I cannot find enough coverage to establish notability. Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 17:54, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. WP:SIGCOV is not met. Professional footballers, even those playing in 1st or 2nd tier national leagues, are not automatically notable. As noted by Spiderone, the only news coverage is in match reports. We do not even have sufficient reliable/independent/verifiable sources to establish basic facts (DOB, etc) - not to mind enough to establish notability. Do not see the point in WP:DRAFTIFYing or other alternatives to deletion (as, seemingly based on prior author actions and recreating/promiting multiple drafts, this is "as good as it gets"....) Guliolopez (talk) 18:14, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mairead McIntyre

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I'm not seeing enough coverage in my searches for a standalone article. Probably WP:TOOSOON as of now for this very young footballer. JTtheOG (talk) 19:18, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Draftify – WP:TOOSOON. Svartner (talk) 19:31, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Since the creator (likely COI) has already moved the article out of draftspace prematurely once, I can't see any reason why they wouldn't do so a second time, even if backed by AfD. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:34, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I hadn't seen, so I also endorse delete. Svartner (talk) 18:47, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 12:14, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@GiantSnowman JTW2023 (talk) 12:45, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes? Giant Snowman 12:46, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have updated the page with more sources JTW2023 (talk) 12:49, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@GiantSnowman JTW2023 (talk) 12:50, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
None of which show significant coverage. Giant Snowman 12:51, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - best I can find is this image caption Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:32, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Footballers (of any class/level/whatever) are not automatically notable. WP:SIGCOV and WP:NSPORTS need to be met. And, in this case, are not. Don't see point in WP:DRAFTIFYing or other WP:ATDs. Given prior patterns. (Also, while not strictly relevant to AfD and in fear of appearing a little pearl-clutchy, I don't know which is "worse": creating a title on a non-notable child that the author has a connection to - or creating a title with uncited BLP on a minor they don't know). Anyway: my recommendation is deletion... Guliolopez (talk) 18:49, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete Not notable child footballer with no significant coverage.
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Daniel Bloyou

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Subject does not appear to meet the WP:GNG due to a lack of WP:SIGCOV. The current sources are all primary to the leagues and clubs that the subject has played for and all I could find elsewhere was [[2]], which was published by a student newspaper and as such isn't independent. Let'srun (talk) 12:22, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 12:14, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Caleb Kiner

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Subject does not appear to meet the WP:GNG due to a lack of WP:SIGCOV. Let'srun (talk) 12:18, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - notability is not established. Does not appear to have played competitive football for five years and only briefly participated before that. C 679 12:24, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 19:30, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 12:14, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of FIFA World Cup third place matches

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Not notable. Simply a list of matches. Insufficient independent sources that discuss this topic in depth. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate repository of data. Noleander (talk) 01:22, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Per WP:FANCRUFT. Svartner (talk) 08:29, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - unsure about nominator's rationale - of course an article called 'List of X matches' is a "simply a list of matches". These kind of of articles can be notable, see e.g. List of FIFA World Cup finals. However, I do not think 3rd place matches need a separate list/article. f sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 08:32, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The subject is not notable, also per WP:INDISCRIMINATE. Azuredivay (talk) 15:56, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to FIFA World Cup#Results, where this data already exists. Reywas92^Talk 00:25, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per Reywas92. Leo^talk 01:25, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Brandon Morales

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Only three professional appearances for a defunct USL team. Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 20:36, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 08:30, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ben Meek

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Subject does not appear to meet the WP:GNG due to a lack of significant coverage. All I could find were passing mentions such as [[3]]. Let'srun (talk) 22:25, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 23:18, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 19:10, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete There are not enough RSes to justify inclusion. Let me know if other sources are found. Gjb0zWxOb (talk) 14:47, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

EruMuse Momoh

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Subject does not appear to meet the WP:GNG due to a lack of WP:SIGCOV. The article is only referenced to primary sources, and all I could find elsewhere was a profile from [[4]], but student magazines are generally not considered as being independent. Let'srun (talk) 21:34, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:20, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Daris Đezić

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Does not meet WP:BIO. Second-tier footballer with only database entries cited. WP:BEFORE turns up nothing better than his name mentioned in lists of players; no in-depth coverage anywhere. — Moriwen (talk) 15:55, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Draftify – WP:TOOSOON. Svartner (talk) 16:00, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete – I looked at German Wikipedia as this footballer was born in Austria, but it's just an unsourced stub. Given that he is yet to make his professional debut, I don't see the article as a potential draft. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 14:57, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 19:10, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jim Thiel

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The only source for this football player is a bio from his club. I was unable to find any independent sources, including on the wikipedia library. It's possible there's something older and non-digitized that I'm missing, but I've had no luck at all. — Moriwen (talk) 15:45, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment – The article is about an Australian rules footballer. Svartner (talk) 15:57, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I've found 1 article on Newsbank, but Australian online coverage from the 1980s is extremely poor, and even recent Adelaide papers are behind paywalls. Absolutely guaranteed that there is a heap of coverage offline of a ten year player, twice winning the premiership, and dying young. The-Pope (talk) 16:35, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Al Qabila FC

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Still fails WP:NSPORT, even though a source ([5]) has recently been added. GTrang (talk) 00:49, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep I removed the redlinks, addded sources, cleaned up up some of the citeneeded content. Al Ittihad is, BTW, a national daily. ~~It's still very, very borderline and possibly WP:TOOSOON but~~ I believe this new club now ~~squeaks~~ glides in past WP:GNG. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 05:34, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Plenty around to help notability, [6] that third source in the article is good from TalkSport, and the signing of Papiss Cisse [7], [8]. There are many sources that can be used. The article will only grow over time. The club will either sink or swim. There are lots of sources out there that can be used. Govvy (talk) 09:52, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – Due to the small number of professional clubs in the UAE, I believe that all of them have adequate coverage. Svartner (talk) 15:56, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep per sources/arguments above which show notability. Giant Snowman 18:52, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This seems notable enough to justify inclusion. I would feel better if it had more sources but I feel like it just barely meets WP:GNG. Gjb0zWxOb (talk) 14:58, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Georgi Tunguliyadi

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While this footballer plays in the premier league and seems likely to be notable in the future, I've been unable to find sources to establish notability now; the page cites a database entry and a social media post, and nothing better turns up on my search. — Moriwen (talk) 23:52, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2025 May 15. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 00:09, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep – The coverage in Russian sources looks enough to WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 15:58, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Draftify. 0 league games is a big problem, and there is also a problem with reliability of the sources. Geschichte (talk) 17:16, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm ok with draftfying this one too. Svartner (talk) 20:45, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 18:51, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rosen Marinov

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Second-tier footballer with no significant coverage; one article which mentions his name in a single sentence, and one database entry. Nothing better turns up on search, either for his name in Bulgarian or the transliteration. — Moriwen (talk) 21:54, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Draftify – WP:TOOSOON. Svartner (talk) 15:59, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 18:51, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Amazon Callao FC

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Per WP:NTEAM, a sports team's notability is assessed under WP:GNG, which this subject does not meet. Among the three current citations, two are merely to the team's stats. The Ovacion article is solely interview statements from players hoping the team succeeds, rather than substantive commentary on the team's history. If uncited portions of the body are believed, this year the team was promoted to the newly created Peruvian Tercera División, the third level of the Peruvian football league system, in a rapid ascent from its 2022 founding at the bottom level. This ESPN article confirms the team's participation in the Peruvian Tercera División but lacks significant coverage on the team to establish notability. ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 20:51, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Draftify – As WP:ATD. It is common in Peruvian football for new teams to emerge due to the league system, more sources may be added in the medium term. Svartner (talk) 22:54, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Redirect to Peruvian Tercera División as possible search term. Giant Snowman 18:50, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Works with me as long as we adjust the target as the team is promoted/relegated to other tiers of the Peruvian football league system over time, at least until coverage of the team becomes significant enough to support an independent article. ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 19:28, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tim Schmidt (footballer)

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Footballer from the reserve team for a second-tier club. Absolutely no significant independent coverage, just posts from his own team and database entries. — Moriwen (talk) 19:59, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Draftify – WP:TOOSOON. Svartner (talk) 15:59, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I support draftify. Was created prematurely. Geschichte (talk) 17:10, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Drafify - not currently notable, but might be in future. Giant Snowman 18:50, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Before this footballer has only played in reserve teams so far, I don't see it as a potential draft. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 16:05, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Check again - he has not only played in reserve teams so far. Geschichte (talk) 08:41, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mauro Zalazar

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Second-tier footballer failing WP:BIO. All independent coverage is database entries; there's a few proper articles out there but they're all published by his club, so not independent. — Moriwen (talk) 19:54, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Draftify – WP:TOOSOON. Svartner (talk) 16:00, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Drafify - not currently notable, but might be in future. Giant Snowman 18:49, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ali Najafi

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Second-tier footballer who fails WP:BIO. All citations on page are database entries; search is a little tricky due to news articles about several murderers with the same name, and it's possible I missed something in Iranian, but I note the lack of any article on the Iranian wiki. — Moriwen (talk) 19:49, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 16:01, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Drafify - not currently notable, but might be in future. Giant Snowman 18:49, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Drafify per GiantSnowman Robertjamal12 ~🔔 11:43, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Bresser

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Does not meet WP:BIO. Unable to find significant independent coverage, although his club (PSV) has some press releases; other than that, it's just database entries. — Moriwen (talk) 19:41, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Draft Not sure why it wasn't sent to draft space in the first place. Could easily be notable in the future. Govvy (talk) 20:42, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's more than 90 days old and therefore ineligible, alas.— Moriwen (talk) 21:36, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Draftify – WP:TOOSOON. Svartner (talk) 16:02, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Drafify - not currently notable, but might be in future. Giant Snowman 18:48, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep since presently notable. There is a huge distance between the intro and the facts on the ground. SIGCOV sources: ESPN article by Daan Sutorius and AD article by Rik Elfrink. These are multiple sources that support notability. Other items that fall short of standalone SIGCOV yet can cumulatively contribute to such (i.e. do not analyze individually!): [9][10][11][12][13][14]. Among these are additional articles by the sports journalist Rik Elfrink. gidonb (talk) 18:04, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yuri Koledin

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Fails WP:BIO. Second-division football player with no independent coverage, just database entries. — Moriwen (talk) 16:54, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak keep – Per the Russian sources present in the article. Svartner (talk) 16:03, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's a saddening case of refbombing, though. Geschichte (talk) 17:12, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Most of the sources present in the articles are interviews, sources affiliated with the article's subject (websites of his football clubs), a gambling site, and passing mentions. "goleada.ru" source has reasonable coverage, but I don't think this is enough. —LastJabberwocky (Rrarr) 18:15, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability (per analysis above). If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 18:48, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bagus Ilham

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Unable to find any coverage satisfying WP:BIO, although it's possible there's something in Indonesian that I'm missing. Player for a second-tier football club; sources are a database entry, a brief article mentioning a transfer, and an instagram post. — Moriwen (talk) 15:06, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Per nom. Svartner (talk) 16:11, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 18:48, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alessandro Cosimi (footballer)

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Fails WP:BIO. Player in a semi-professional football league with about three total sentences of coverage and a database entry; no in-depth coverage to be found. — Moriwen (talk) 15:01, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Career never got off the ground; ensuing lack of sigcov. Geschichte (talk) 16:03, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 18:47, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yoan Bornosuzov

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Fails WP:BIO. One brief article covering his signing, and two database entries; not enough coverage in reliable sources under either his name in Bulgarian or the transliteration. — Moriwen (talk) 14:52, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Drafify - not currently notable, but might be in future. Giant Snowman 18:47, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Draftify – Per above. Svartner (talk) 20:43, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sportsport.ba

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Not a notable site. No significant coverage cited or available. The only significant coverage is for the football award that the site organized for some years; it might be reasonable to redirect to that article, Idol Nacije. — Moriwen (talk) 05:26, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment Unclear, but there are some notes on the web it might be under the Bridgepoint Group. With the rather notable and wealthy Sébastien Rohart (who has no article) behind it. However it's a little unclear. WP:INHERENTWEB may apply for deletion. However I am just going to stick to an Abstain for a non-consensus vote as the website has 300,000k daily visitors. Govvy (talk) 11:11, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This is a non-notable website. Angryapathy (talk) 13:38, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:21, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per nom, without the redirect. Lekkha Moun (talk) 15:57, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2022 Columbus Crew 2 season

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Fails WP:NSEASONS, as this covers an individual season for a team in the third tier of the United States soccer league system. Its reliance on posts from the team's website and X/Twitter account reflect this lack of independent, reliable sources to establish the season as a uniquely notable subject for WP:GNG. Even winning the league championship only seemed to yield brief coverage from The Columbus Dispatch, reflecting low notability for this season as a distinct topic. ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 03:12, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I am also nominating the pages for the following three seasons because they suffer from the same sourcing issues reflecting a lack of notability. All three of these articles similarly rely on the club's X/Twitter account, website, or Massive Report podcast; MLS Next Pro league website; or the websites of other clubs within the league. As noted above, I have identified occasional mentions of the club by Ohio newspapers like The Columbus Dispatch, but it is so minimal in scope and frequency so as to only serve as the significant coverage supporting the club's article, not the notability of individual seasons:

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Delete all per WP:NSEASONS, clearly not top level, but the policy needs to be updated, it doesn't actually talk about reserve teams. Govvy (talk) 10:43, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete all - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:21, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep all I have some bias here as the person who spent a lot of hours creating these articles in the first place. The articles were created here to attempt to preserve history. I tried to source these from as many places as possible, but I do have to admit that coverage of the league in general is very weak outside of the team and league pages and over time they delete things off those pages. However, game logs are kept at other sources, such as SoccerWay, FotMob and SofaScore. ESPN and FBRef also have match logs for their Open Cup games. If these pages were to be deleted, what makes these less notable than other season pages for teams in the same league during the same set of years? Or should all of those be nominated for deletion as well? Pages like 2022 Chicago Fire FC II season have virtually no sources and 90% of the links in the article are dead. Suikoman4444 (talk) 22:20, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Your efforts to catalog the players, staff, schedule, and match results are appreciated, but if the standard for inclusion was another site hosting such info, then any local tee-ball team could be included because the county website is hosting their scores. I agree that under this standard, pages like 2022 Chicago Fire FC II season are similarly unsuitable, so I will make a separate AfD multi-nomination for them since voting has already begun here. ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 19:34, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex

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Not a notable stadium. Search turns up a few articles which mention the stadium by name when discussing games there, but no significant coverage of the stadium itself. Other sources include a database entry and the club's own website. — Moriwen (talk) 22:34, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to Arnett Gardens F.C. as possible search term. Possibly notable. Giant Snowman 20:21, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to the person it was named after Anthony_Spaulding#Minister_of_Housing. It is a multiple sport complex and is mentioned in the redirect. Not notable on its own. Can be salvaged with merge. Ramos1990 (talk) 06:44, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Miguel Barbosa

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According to the sources provided, he played briefly in the 3rd tier of Portugal and the 2nd tier of Serbia, which is far from indicative of a notable career. I have revived the Diario de Noticias source and it's only a very brief article about a hat-trick. My own searches yielded nothing better than RTP Madeira, which is also insignificant. Given the low level that he played at and my own WP:BEFORE, I can't see him passing WP:GNG or WP:SPORTBASIC. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:26, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 18:37, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete—per nom. Anwegmann (talk) 00:35, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 16:06, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Lacks RSes and WP:SIGCOV. This is probably just a case of WP:TOOSOON assuming this person ends up having a fruitful sports career. Gjb0zWxOb (talk) 18:19, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

João Caminata

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Stats stub with no evidence of WP:SPORTBASIC or WP:GNG. I found a loan announcement in Record and a transfer announcement in RTP Madeira but both of these are far from significant coverage. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:17, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 18:37, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete—Likewise found nothing approaching WP:SIGCOV. Anwegmann (talk) 00:36, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Lacks sufficient RSes to justify inclusion at the moment. If more sources are discovered, please let me know but at the moment, this page should not stay up due to failing WP:GNG Gjb0zWxOb (talk) 18:22, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adib Azahari

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I can't seem to find any WP:SIGCOV on this player—which is fitting, given that he doesn't seem to have played a single match in nine years. Given the length of his name, though, I am certainly open to the idea that meaningful sources do exist, but I can't find any using any of the combinations I can figure. Anwegmann (talk) 18:14, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Wikipedia is supposed to be for people who did something of note. He has done nothing. He has played 57 minutes continentally, but he is just does not have a football career. All sources are WP:PRIMARY and WP:PASSING. Geschichte (talk) 07:41, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

He has been in the Lion City Sailors and national team squad. He has won trophies, and have played for Lion City Sailors. One example is today in the Singapore Premier League match against Balestier Khalsa. EricChouu (talk)

That means nothing to this discussion. Anwegmann (talk) 13:48, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:18, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Lacks sufficient RS coverage to justify inclusion RE notability. The fact that he has only played 57 minutes total further lends credence to the notion that this is WP:TOOSOON at best. Gjb0zWxOb (talk) 18:23, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Alex Evans (footballer)

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Fails GNG and lacks SIGCOV. Dougal18 (talk) 11:50, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:17, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I cannot find either any signs of this footballer notability. Once upon a daylight dreary (talk) 15:09, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not notable enough yet to justify inclusion. If he has a fruitful career then this will just be a case of WP:TOOSOON. However, at this point, it does not meet WP:GNG Gjb0zWxOb (talk) 18:27, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – The sources are mostly match reports, with none with in-depth coverage. Svartner (talk) 08:13, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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David Baynham

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He fails GNG and has a lack of SIGCOV. Dougal18 (talk) 12:20, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 20:17, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Marcelo Rosa (footballer, born 1991)

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Player with few professional appearances, most for Minas Gerais state clubs in lower levels. Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 18:44, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 18:36, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Villa Nova Atlético Clube (where he plays midfielder). Does not seem notable on his own. Ramos1990 (talk) 04:27, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
He barely played for the club, there is no point in redirecting. Svartner (talk) 17:22, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Clashes in Brussels on May 4 and 5, 2025

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WP:NOTNEWS, racist and violent football-related riots which happen sadly quite often. Can perhaps be a short paragraph in some other article, don't know where though, but not enough to be a separate article. Got a lot of attention, as these things do, but no indication so far that this will lead to anything WP:SUSTAINED. Fram (talk) 15:48, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep – the article does not describe just another hooligan riot, but a case of significant socio-political unrest in Belgium. 80 people were injured, including children, policemen and a man with serious gunshot wounds. this is very unusual. there have been many political reactions at national level and official commemorations. several foreign media have covered these events, including in France (RMC Sport, La Dépêche, So Foot), Spain (Diario AS) and the Netherlands (NOS), which demonstrates international notability of these events. the argument that we don't yet know whether this will have a lasting impact doesn't hold water, because the impact is already there, widely covered by reliable secondary sources. --GloBoy93 (talk) 16:20, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Somewhat ref-bombed, however I've read some of the French articles, this seems like a notable event. There are multiple issues with the article and its structure. The article needs renaming. WP:DMY needs applying correctly for Belgium. Other than issues to address, i'd say keep. Govvy (talk) 17:36, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Merge short summary to R.S.C. Anderlecht–Club Brugge KV rivalry This needs a serious edit to summarize what happened and it's well into TOOLONG territory (neighboring countries mentioning the event in rundown form is unremarkable, especially in the EU), and it can be summarized there as just a mention of the club's hooligans taking things too far. I certainly do not want it deleted, but if the article target is inappropriate I can switch it, no issue. Nathannah • 📮 00:44, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or merge to above suggested target. There are many instances of sport hooliganism, most aren't notable, this does not seem to be. PARAKANYAA (talk) 05:18, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Meets all the general notability guidelines. The riots and the reaction to them extend far beyond the 'usual' hooliganism or rivalry between R.S.C. Anderlecht and Club Brugge. They were widely reported by all Belgian media outlets and received significant attention and condemnation from local, regional and national authorities. Jason Lagos (talk) 13:41, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Merge short summary to R.S.C. Anderlecht–Club Brugge KV rivalry - fully agree with Nathannah on this. The title should then be deleted as it's an improbable redirect. Giant Snowman 18:36, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP:NOTNEWS, football related violence is a common occurence. Revisit this in 6 months if there is any WP:LASTING impact. LibStar (talk) 06:37, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment oppose redirect as "Clashes in Brussels on May 4 and 5, 2025" would not be a common search term. LibStar (talk) 04:20, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Liverpool F.C. 7–0 Manchester United F.C.

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I'm not convinced by the lasting notability of this match. Although it was Liverpool's biggest win against Manchester United, it's not an overall club record win, and I'm not sure we need to memorialise any club's biggest ever defeat. The fact that Mohamed Salah also set a club record for Premier League goals is also not really something that needs a whole article about it. The result had no impact on the destination of the Premier League title, since Liverpool finished in fifth and Manchester United finished in third, significanly behind winners Manchester City. The "Aftermath" section of the article also fails to hit home the long-term impact of the match. It was a big result between two rivals, but it's had very little lasting coverage due to the limited scope of the match's impact. – Pee Jay 15:28, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment - This article was deleted the first time I nominated it two years ago, so I'm not sure how it's managed to make its way back into mainspace. Literally nothing has changed about the circumstances of the match. – Pee Jay 15:37, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no indication of lasting coverage, I could not find anything. High score does not equal notability Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 16:14, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with Liverpool F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry – The match has notability to be a section of the main article. Svartner (talk) 17:01, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Merge/redirect as suggested above. Giant Snowman 18:15, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No SIGCOV since the time of the event. No aftermath. No notablility proven. — Itzcuauhtli11 (talk) 18:40, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep this article it was a memorable win for Liverpool in the Premier League against one of their main rivals 81.102.141.5 (talk) 00:16, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you prove its memorability? Where is the evidence? – Pee Jay 20:55, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. A big scoreline between two long-time fierce rivals is what makes the match stand out. Searching for it on Google shows numerous articles still referring to it in 2025, including a few calling it a classic or 'one of the greatest': ESPN, BBC, Goal. A routine fixture between the two clubs, or a game with a big scoreline between any two other clubs without a great rivalry, may unlikely be notable, but this, an unprecedented high-scoring game between two of England's biggest clubs, at the very least warrants an article. Interestingly, the nominator voted keep for a similar article in 2021, stating Although no competition records were set, the magnitude of the result between two big clubs in English football is enough to make this subject notable. I wonder what makes that different from this. Frost 05:56, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I voted to keep that other article because its long-term notability was substantiated in the article itself. That has not been done here. Including this match in lists of "classics" doesn't really do much either; we don't have articles on the other matches in those top fives, and nor should we. There just isn't enough discourse after the fact to justify a whole article on this match; just include any relevant content in the Liverpool F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry article. – Pee Jay 10:59, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. It could be distressing to Manchester United fans. 188.29.16.175 (talk) 16:47, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This is not a good reason for deletion. Scientelensia (talk) 19:00, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I think it has gone beyond routine coverage into significant coverage. KingSkyLord (talk | contribs) 14:29, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Has it? Where are the retrospectives about this particular match? The "On this day" articles? Coverage after the fact seems to be limited to anthology pieces talking about the rivalry as a whole, and that's how we should treat it. Give it due coverage in the Liverpool F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry article and that's it. – Pee Jay 11:39, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. This article is significant, as per what @Frost says. Although high score does not equal notability, this match was of great gravity. Any campaign to delete it is, in my opinion, wholly unreasonable.

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Grant Scott

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Doesn't meet notability WP:Notability Se7enNationArmy2024 (talk) 18:00, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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del per WP:SIGCOV. The "SWPL Manager of the Year" is an "in-house" distinction of doubtful notability effect. --Altenmann >talk 18:23, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 18:41, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep were any searches for sources done? I found several. BBC, Edinburgh Reporter, Edinburgh Reporter 2, BBC 2, BBC 3, BBC 4, Edinburgh News, Glaswgow World, Sky Sports Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 19:39, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- were any searches for sources done? Yes - Q back: were any evaluations of sources done? . The the first two of yours are about "SWPL Manager of the Year" and no in-depth coverage beyond "how great a coach he is", i.e. IMHO no SIGCOV. --Altenmann >talk 20:36, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  I did a search before nominating and came to the same conclusion. Se7enNationArmy2024 (talk) 22:07, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep per sources above which (just about) show notability. Giant Snowman 18:17, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to Hibernian W.F.C. (team he manages). Not really notable on his own. Not enough for a stand alone article. Ramos1990 (talk) 04:37, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - @Svartner:, See above. Clearly significant figure in Scottish womens football with sources. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 23:01, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to Hibernian W.F.C. per Ramos1990 as not notable and GNG is not met. This is a suitable WP:ATD. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 08:08, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep provided sources shows GNG. 95.98.65.177 (talk) 11:35, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sources must be independent reliable secondary sources with significant coverage of the subject to meet GNG. Which ones do? Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 12:13, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Allsebrook

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Fails as per WP:NSPORTS. While he has appeared more than 80 times for a club at a professional level, and it is backed by two notable sources, there is simply nothing else that would suggest that this player is 'relevant' enough for an article. KrystalInfernus (talk) 21:31, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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And where did you look for sources for this 1910s footballer? BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:45, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep The nominator makes the keep case themselves. This person "played for a club at a professional level" and the article is "backed by two notable sources". What more do you want, especially as this player pre-dates the internet age by many decades? Anxioustoavoid (talk) 22:47, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I consider this a bad faith nomination, the player won the Second division with Notts County in the 1913–14 Football League, I bet there are old newspaper archives that can help. WP:OFFLINESOURCES. Probably mentioned in a few Notts history books. I also suspect he may have served in WW1, there is probably more to find. Govvy (talk) 10:57, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep - nearly 100 appearances for one of the most pre-eminent teams in English football, in an era when the internet did not exist. WP:COMMONSENSE apples. Giant Snowman 01:57, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails GNG. WP:NFOOTBALL was scrapped in 2022 and all Keeps using it as a reason to keep should be ignored by the closer. I did an actual search in the BNA archives and found no sigcov for Richard/Dick Allsebrook. Dougal18 (talk) 08:47, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep—"Two notable sources" is enough, especially given the WP:COMMONSENSE of the context. Anwegmann (talk) 02:56, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The book is just stats so it isn't enough even if the Athletic Times article is sigcov. Dougal18 (talk) 08:48, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Plenty of good sources on internet. No question of notability. Meets WP:NFOOTBALL. WikiMentor01 (talk) 13:26, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:GNG and WP:NSPORTS – Both sources don't give significant coverage of the player. The book is simply a compilation of player statistics while the Athletic News source is simply a listing of all the birth places, names, roles, and heights of the players. Per WP:SPORTCRIT, All sports biographies, including those of subjects meeting any criteria listed below, must include at least one reference to a source providing significant coverage of the subject, excluding database sources. As stated above, none of the sources cited in the article contain significant coverage of the player. Searches on the British Newspaper Archive didn’t turn up any significant coverage of the player in question. There are some results about a "Richard Allsebrook" being in two road accidents in 1930 and 1932 but I'm not certain whether or not this is the same "Richard Allsebrook". This article states that "Richard Allsebrook" was 32 years old at the time of the accident (1930) and this article states he was 37 years old at the time of the accident (1934). If those sources are to be believed, "Richard Allsebrook" was either born in 1897/1898 and not in 1892 like the article states. So either these sources are talking about a different "Richard Allsebrook" or they’re all referring to the same person and we simply have contradictory information about his birth date. Lastly, WP:NFOOTY, a WikiProject advice page, clearly states that The player section of this notability guidance has been superseded by WP:Notability (sports), and is included below for information only as a record of the previous guidance that the Footy project came up with. Per the above, WP:NSPORTS is not met. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 16:58, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep nearly 100 appearances for one of the most pre-eminent teams in English football, player pre-dates the internet age by many decades? per WP:NEXIST offline sources.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 04:36, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Per the other voters I usally vote to delete these Stubs but it seems this player did more then play a dozen games with out doing something significant and the nominater himself says there are 2 reliable sources already Scooby453w (talk) 11:38, 6 May 2025 (UTC) ( Blocked sockpuppet)[reply]
They're both reliable sources that don't provide significant coverage of the player. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 13:21, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Per above. Clealy has offline sources as shown above. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 20:53, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unless significant coverage in a reliable source is found. In which case, please ping me. Toadspike [Talk] 10:17, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment Found this from 1934, 15 years after his career at Notts County ended, that mentioned him playing cricket: "It is noteworthy that Richard Allsebrook, the old Notts County footballer, headed the batting for the Thursday XI, having an average of 39.6 runs for 13 innings." ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 23:04, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
While the information is something that could be added into the article, the piece of coverage is still not significant coverage of him. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 23:47, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yup. This currently doesn't meet SPORTSCRIT, let alone the GNG. Toadspike [Talk] 06:35, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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