Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Islam Feruz (2nd nomination)


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The result was Keep. (non-admin closure) As indicated in several comments below, Feruz has receieved extensive coverage in third-party, reliable sources; a clear consensus exists for keeping this article, in accordance with WP:GNG. —Theodore! (talk) (contribs) 00:04, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Islam Feruz
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Feruz has not played a full-team match for Celtic, Scotland or Chelsea. Previous nomination included as a reason to keep the fact that he is from an immigrant background, which is not a peculiarity unusual enough to change the general basis that a notable footballer is one who has played a full-team match for a professional club. &#39;&#39;&#39;tAD&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 19:42, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2014 April 21.  — cyberbot I  Notify Online 20:07, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - You don't have to have played a professional game to meet WP:GNG and that overrides football notability guidelines. This individual meets GNG with sources included in article and a further google search finds enough to satisfy me that he meets that, despite not meeting WP:NFOOTBALL. Blethering   Scot  20:12, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep, seems to satisfy WP:GNG. -- Amaryllis Gardener talk 21:54, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Has got wide coverage from 3rd party sources so passes the GNG Seasider91 (talk) 22:45, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep as easily passes GNG. - →Davey 2010→ →Talk to me!→  22:51, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep - Article cites a large number of reliable sources providing substantial coverage beyond routine match reporting and transfer speculation. Yes, an NFOOTY failure, but in this instance a rare example of a player who has not yet played in a fully professional league who has been the subject of lengthy discussion / reporting in national news outlets. Fenix down (talk) 08:22, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - meets WP:GNG, which makes his professional appearances (or lack of them!) irrelevant. GiantSnowman 11:38, 24 April 2014 (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.