Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arif Al-Balushi


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The result was Delete. Randykitty (talk) 17:19, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Arif Al-Balushi

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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) 09:17, 28 July 2014 (UTC)


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 * Delete - 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) 16:20, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per above - Fails NSPORT. – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  19:19, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete - Fails WP:NFOOTY as has not played senior international football nor played in a fully professional league. No indication that subject has garnered significant reliable coverage for any other achievements to satisfy GNG. Fenix down (talk) 06:30, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. GiantSnowman 12:27, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:NFOOTY  Jim Carter (from public cyber)  19:18, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Player plays for Al-Nahda Club in Oman Professional league in Oman which is in its second season now. There is a fully professional league in Oman and Oman gets one AFC Champions League play-off place. He plays in the country where I live in. There are many Arabic sources which can prove that but Wikipedia doesn't accept them. This is not fair. Alhosniomani20 (talk) 10:51, 2 August 2014 (MCT)
 * Comment - unfortunately, the base level for notability required by WP:NFOOTY is that he has played in a fully professional league or played senior international football unless other achievements that have gained significant, reliable coverage in non-routine sources can establish GNG (i.e. not just match reports, transfer news, etc). Continental competition appearances can according to current consensus satisfy NFOOTY as long as they are in matches between two teams that play in FPLs. In this instance there is no consensus that the Omani is fully professional and this article indicates that at the start of last season, although steps were being taken to get to a fully professional level, it was not there yet, so players in the Omani League would not be inherently notable unless they have played senior international football or played in an FPL in another country. Fenix down (talk) 07:46, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
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