Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adílio Varela (3rd nomination)


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The result was delete. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 19:02, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Adílio Varela
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Previously kept at 2 AfDs due to being young, having an ongoing career and playing 23 minutes of professional football about 6 years ago. His ongoing career in what is now the 4th tier of Portuguese football certainly doesn't seem to be capturing any attention so any presumption of notability based on his ongoing career now seems invalid. The 'grace period' is well and truly over now. Furthermore, WP:NFOOTBALL (tied to the defunct WP:FPL) is now essentially WP:SPORTBASIC with WP:GNG.

I can find no new coverage since the first AfD. Best WP:RS coverage found are Sapo, Ojogo (translated) and Record. All of these discuss the same routine event - a loan - the articles themselves pre-date the first AfD, where nobody held the opinion that Varela met GNG but were happy to keep based on the SNG at the time. Unless Varela can be evidenced to pass SPORTBASIC, deletion is the only valid outcome. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 18:42, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Just a further note, I have taken note of this source - Jovens Promessas. This is a Blogspot fan blog and their about us page confirms that it's not WP:RS. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 18:45, 17 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football,  and Portugal.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 18:42, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 18:47, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete: Judging that WP:NFOOTY is now obsolete (for generally good reasons too), I think we can finally admit here that Varela was never really notable in the first place. I came into this discussion expecting to say that "notability doesn't expire" but he clearly never had it to begin with and survived at the whims of a technicality from old rules. Nomader  ( talk ) 21:00, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete Failed WP:GNG due to lack of significant coverage in 2020 and 2021, still does. Alvaldi (talk) 09:05, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found please ping me. GiantSnowman 19:21, 20 March 2023 (UTC)


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