Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Basalaj

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The result was delete. postdlf (talk) 19:13, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Scott Basalaj

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He has not played a professional senior game at club or international level. Article fails WP:NFOOTBALL. Also fails WP:GNG. Simione001 (talk) 11:43, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete As per nom. Fails WP:NFOOTBALL. DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 12:14, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per nom. He has not played in a fully pro league or received significant coverage, meaning the article fails WP:NSPORT and WP:GNG. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:43, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 11:59, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The lot of a 3rd string keeper is poor one, if everyone else remains healthy. This player is borderline in so many ways. With a big team, but hasn't started. Lots of U20 play and coverage, but that doesn't count. Was with the New Zealand Olympic Team in London 2010, but wasn't even with the game squad. Lots of news coverage, but mostly routine. However I think he does meet WP:GNG with the media coverage of his Olympic spot, such as [1] [2] [3], and some other articles such as [4] [5] ... and he has a lot of the routine coverage, that doesn't quite meet WP:GNG Nfitz (talk) 17:34, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. The links above do not to my mind establish GNG. The first is an interview and could form part of a GNG claim, but is insufficient on its own. the second is just a pen pic which every player who competed had on the BBC website, no depth whatsoever, the third is another brief-ish interview, but the source states that it is courtesy of the NZ football federation, so not really an independant source. The fourth mentions Basalaj in the title line but is more of a general article. Finally, the last link is to WP:ROUTINE transfer speculation. Fenix down (talk) 11:35, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That was only a sampling, there's plenty of other articles [6] [7] [8] [9]. There's a lot of coverage over a period of time in a variety sources. Some is a little routine ... but it's hardly a local paper reporting about a local team. Nfitz (talk) 03:07, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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