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Football

Lalbiakzuala

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:SPORTCRIT. Some appearances in India's second league. Found no significant and independent coverage, though his name might be written in a number of different ways. Creator is blocked indefinitely. Geschichte (talk) 04:52, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Southern Derby (Serbia)

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Fails GNG. C F A 01:58, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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List of men's footballers with the most official appearances (including youth internationals & reserves)

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duplicate of the article List of men's footballers with the most official appearances, except it also goes against a consensus sought at that article to exclude youth football and non-competitive games. All my warmest wishes, ItsKesha (talk) 16:56, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. If consensus goes against your wishes, the solution is not to maintain two alternative lists. Geschichte (talk) 04:21, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep. I don't know why we can't maintain this list. It's not a problem that multiple lists can exist in parallel. Yet, this list is very complete and include some importants matchs, although there are not considered at pro level. Maybe, some of players of this list are less reliable (Carmona, Bastock for example) but globally the list is reliable. Kind regards (excuse my english, I'm french)
Delete pointless WP:SPINOFF created by not liking consensus at the other page. Absolute nonsense to keep this. Joseph2302 (talk) 19:51, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The list is an expansion of the other list, and it is well-sourced. Kind regards, Lorry Gundersen (talk) 21:37, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. There was a consensus reached on the original article to not include reserve team and youth team games, this was to align with the vast majority of sources which do not include such games. Creating a second list ignores the consensus which had been reached and creates the possibility of multiple parallel versions based on differing subjective interpretations. Football (unlike cricket and most US based sports) does not have a central statistical record which is why consensus and consistency is so important ColchesterSid (talk) 22:13, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alex Culwell

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I am unable to find anything approaching WP:SIGCOV for this American soccer player. All I found was coverage from his high school career (1 and 2). JTtheOG (talk) 21:24, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 09:24, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Those newspapers only feature the person in images. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 11:13, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Charis Fourkiotis

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His 46 minutes of professional football is, at best, a weak presumption of notability. My searches didn't yield any WP:SPORTBASIC coverage. Elassona News has an announcement about him which is only 2 sentences long. Larissa Net mentions him once. AELOle has a transfer announcement which is copied from his club's website. There is no good coverage in WP:RS as far as I can see. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:12, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 18:49, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no significant coverage in Greek media

Noah ^💬 19:07, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. By the way I'm pretty sure Super League 2 stopped being fully professional after COVID. The league was expanded from 12 to a whopping 34 teams, and with diminutive match attendance in several arenas. Geschichte (talk) 20:23, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Per above. Svartner (talk) 05:29, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Timoleon Patronis

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Played 2 league matches and 1 cup match before disappearing from professional football. This stats stub gives no indication of passing WP:SPORTBASIC either. Sportsup contains a trivial mention of him in a list of players transferred out. Sigma Live and a few other sources contain a mention of a player of the same name who was the assistant manager of Panachaiki from 1971 to 1978 so clearly a different person (but possibly a relative) given the connection to the same club. In any case, there is no significant coverage of either Timoleon Patronis that I can find. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:04, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 18:49, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete – Article definitely fails WP:GNG with only one source provided that is a database. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 11:13, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All-time Atlanta Silverbacks roster

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Subject lacks notability under WP:LISTN due to a lack of sourcing. PROD was removed with the claim that sources exist, however none have been added to the article and I could not find any in a BEFORE, so bringing this to AfD. Let'srun (talk) 19:52, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Same situation as this AfD. Svartner (talk) 01:29, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 08:59, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Andrej Hanták

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Hanták played 392 minutes of professional league in 2012 before disappearing later that year. In terms of reliable secondary sources, the only coverage I found is a passing mention on Dnes24. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 15:53, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 01:32, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 08:58, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I am unable to find anything approaching WP:SIGCOV. JTtheOG (talk) 22:10, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Severo Tiago

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Seems to fail notability guidelines

Courtesy ping @user:Spiderone, since you contested the ProD Jay Cubby 19:02, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails NFOOTBALL. Deriannt (talk) 19:03, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
NFOOTBALL has been removed from NSPORT. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 15:53, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - it'll be interesting to see if anyone has access to Portuguese newspapers in the 1920s as I'd be curious to see if this guy had WP:SIGCOV. Of course, if none can be found, I'm happy with deletion but I can't think of a time when we've deleted an international footballer for such a successful footballing country. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:52, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – No sources present for WP:V and no corresponding article on pt.wiki. If anyone finds new sources, I'll change the vote. Svartner (talk) 01:45, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A redirect to Portugal national football team results (1921–1939) might be a possibility. Geschichte (talk) 07:41, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 11:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per Geschichte if offline sources even can't be found. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 12:20, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was redirect‎ to List of Papua New Guinea international footballers. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:38, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lee-Navu Faunt

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I am unable to find enough coverage of this Papua New Guinean footballer to meet WP:GNG, mostly trivial mentions in match reports and squad listings. A possible redirect target is List of Papua New Guinea international footballers, although the list has not been updated to include his name. JTtheOG (talk) 07:01, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to List of Papua New Guinea international footballers per nom. - Lâm (talk) 07:21, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect – I don't follow sports in the country, but agree with the nomination. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 13:37, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Redirect as above. Giant Snowman 21:26, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect. I was the notability tagger, and notability is not achieved. Geschichte (talk) 08:35, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. asilvering (talk) 05:19, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fabio De Sousa

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I am unable to find anything approaching WP:SIGCOV for this American soccer player. JTtheOG (talk) 04:57, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per nomination. You forget to mention that this is a common birth name in Portugese-speaking countries that namesakes may be found, unless you've searched in combination with the person's name and clubs. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 13:37, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely. That is probably the only way to do a proper WP:BEFORE. JTtheOG (talk) 19:26, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 21:25, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Zemun Stadium

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Non-notable soccer stadium that fails both WP:GNG and WP:NARENA, which holds that athletic stadia are neither presumptively notable nor inherit the notability of any teams that play there. Significant coverage has not been demonstrated to exist, the article has been inadequately sourced for over fifteen years now (and was notability tagged for 12 years), its only current source is primary. Previous AfD went keep on the basis of several "It's notable," "It's big," and "Important games have been played there," among other illegitimate reasons. Ravenswing 09:43, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete zero notability established. Sole source is from the home club, their website also doesn't appear to exist anymore. Looking at the previous AfD (which you also nominated), all of the keep arguments completely violated WP:INHERIT and WP:NARENA (which some of them even used as a keep argument), and the closing admin looks to have simply done a vote count. Aydo h8^[contribs] 10:46, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to either Zemun#Sport or FK Zemun if no coverage is found. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 14:47, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That would run afoul of WP:XY. Ravenswing 04:49, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
To fix WP:XY, I would say redirect to Zemun#Sport if no coverage is found because the topic is broader than FK Zemun. --Habst (talk) 15:50, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No objection. Ravenswing 18:32, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would be absolutely astounded if this isn't notable. I'll try to do a source search in a bit. SportingFlyer T·C 19:29, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep per previous AFD which contains numerous sources. Giant Snowman 20:56, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Which of those sources do you claim provides SIGCOV to the subject? (Never mind that the editor who found those sources went on to state that none of those sources satisfied the GNG) Ravenswing 05:28, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep the sources at the previous AfD demonstrate notability, along with [1] [2] and books such as Srbija: znamenitosti i lepote (1965) SportingFlyer T·C 21:42, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The other issue is this stadium is known by several different names, making BEFORE searches more difficult. Recent coverage also includes [3] [4] SportingFlyer T·C 02:12, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Adding the sources identified here or in the previous AfD to the article would likely help garner consensus quicker.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Owen× ☎ 15:58, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Benison (Beni · talk) 04:24, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: None of the sources provided in this AfD or in the article contain the needed WP:SIGCOV to meet the WP:GNG. I'm not finding anything else that would suggest notability, and notability is not inherited. Let'srun (talk) 21:22, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The article has significant potential for expansion and it is notable. — Sadko (words are wind) 16:37, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]