Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Apisai Smith


 * 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 redirect‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to List of Fiji international footballers. Consensus is sourcing is of insufficient depth Star   Mississippi  13:12, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Apisai Smith

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Redirect to List of Fiji international footballers. One appearance for the Fiji national football team. Unable to find sufficient in-depth coverage from third-party sources, failing WP:GNG. Sources like this and this have a few mentions from his time in New Zealand fourth division, but not enough coverage IMO. JTtheOG (talk) 05:33, 1 July 2023 (UTC) Relisting comment: Relisting as there is a fundamental divide here among participants about whether or not sources provided are Routine or not. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 05:33, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football,  and Oceania. JTtheOG (talk) 05:33, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 10:18, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep - refs added. It might pay to check Fijian media (Fiji Sun, Times, Village, Live, and FBC News) before nominating these.--IdiotSavant (talk) 10:36, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect per nom. The sources are routine, transfer news. GiantSnowman 12:30, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep - Per IdiotSavant. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 17:40, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep per sources already in article. Appears to be slightly more than WP:ROUTINE transfer announcements as they also go into detail of Smith's playing career more than routine announcements typically do.  Frank   Anchor  18:44, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect, neither of the two sources (from the same author) mentioned in the nom give him more than trivial attention as an individual, rather they contain a couple sentences on him and another player as a pair, as part of routine pre-match hype. The rest of the sources in the article are solidly routine transactional coverage (which always have background on the player's career; such content is not indicative of non-routineness) and trivial mentions. JoelleJay (talk) 02:38, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep - There seems to be enough coverage here.KatoKungLee (talk) 13:54, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep, clearly passes GNG.--Ortizesp (talk) 16:17, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Redirect to List of Fiji international footballers - the !keeps seem to be considering any news coverage mentioning the individual as being sufficient to justify a degree of notability, yet the articles amount to little more than WP:ROUTINE transfer news and do not significantly cover the subject. His playing career seems somewhat sparse which leads me to think that little of the needed coverage will exist. Bungle (talk • contribs) 07:20, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Fiji international footballers where the subject is mentioned. A standalone article is clearly unwarranted per GNG and SIGCOV, and redirecting is clearly the best option here. CycloneYoris talk! 12:29, 15 July 2023 (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.