Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2009 Thaghr al-Iraq Championship


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus. Probably a trimming and a merge + redirect is what should happen here but there's no clear consensus and the level of involvement here to date suggests we are ultimately going to get a clear consensus. I'd suggest Spiderone be bold and do what they suggest, I dont see there being any real objections. Fenix down (talk) 20:53, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

2009 Thaghr al-Iraq Championship

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Arabic is not a language that I am proficient in so a WP:BEFORE search is admittedly difficult. I am nominating this article for deletion because one-off pre-season tournaments are almost always non-notable. The article itself does not contain any indication of importance or significance for this tournament.

The matches themselves are referenced to forum posts and neither of the two references used in the article show significant coverage. I therefore believe that this subject fails WP:GNG and, therefore, does not meet any notability guideline. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 18:43, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 18:43, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete - no evidence of notability. GiantSnowman 19:47, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment is there a place for this somewhere on the site? The article includes the extent of the English language coverage, that coverage appears to be fine for GNG purposes, and appears to have been run as a one-off since the domestic calendar had some scheduling difficulties (43 teams were scheduled to partake in the first division that year), so it's probably more notable than your average friendly tournament. I have no idea how to search for Arabic coverage to save it, but I don't really support deletion. SportingFlyer  T · C  01:31, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * It could possibly be trimmed a bit and merged into 2009 in Iraqi football or any other appropriate target. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 08:51, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 17:00, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2021 March 31.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 18:45, 31 March 2021 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.