Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Martial Bedi Esmel


 * 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   keep. -- Cirt (talk) 04:31, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Martial Bedi Esmel

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his article was created by the football agent. He add some fake and unsourced information which I removed. It seems that there are no signs of notability about this player. Wrwr1 (talk) 23:55, 10 August 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 17 August 2010 (UTC) Category:Relisted AfD debates
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 10:44, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - appears to have played in the CAF Champions League, meeting WP:ATHLETE. GiantSnowman 11:06, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 17 August 2010 (UTC) Category:Relisted AfD debates
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep per GiantSnowman Nfitz (talk) 22:53, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Per GiantSnowman. Argyle 4 Life  talk  19:40, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 11:41, 24 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment A quick look found no evidence he played in a CAF Champions league match, only was a non-playing reserve. Article still contains much false or misleading information; Unless Wikipedia is a very poor resource, Côte_d'Ivoire did not participate in the 2003 FIFA U-17_World_Championship and he is not listed in the 2003_FIFA_U-17_World_Championship_squads. A number of the refs appear to be foreign language wiki mirrors.-- Club Oranje T 01:41, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I concur. I tried to find evidence that he played in a CAF Champions League match with no success. Of course, it's not easy to find information about the pre-group stage matches. Jogurney (talk) 13:30, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as unverifiable. Sorry, but I can find no verification he played in the CAF champions league games and no verification he played any other notable matches. Verification is a core principle for Wikipedia articles. None of the articles about him appear to cover the subject in depth. There are a number of noise articles that mention him, but all I find are of minor nature, half of which appear to suggest that Chelsea wanted to sign him but he failed work permit criteria. Did not play at U-17 tournament as Côte_d'Ivoire failed to qualify. May have played qualifiers, and also for under-20, but youth caps do not confer notability under NSPORTS. References in article are poor and largely do not back up content and show that the internet is quickly becoming a cluttered advertising ground with no useful content (but that's another story)-- Club Oranje T 04:46, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Looking at this reference http://championsleague.mtnfootball.com/live/content.php?Item_ID=8020 it seems pretty clear that he played in the 2007 CAF Champions League game against Mighty Barolle on January 27, 2007, as it notes that ... soon after Esmel Bedi set up the team from San Pedro for their second goal. Nfitz (talk) 17:45, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP:V must be met by any article, especially BLPs. This one fails. We can't keep it on the basis of possibly-being-notable-if-we-could-find-some-sources. Alzarian16 (talk) 09:53, 27 August 2010 (UTC) Weak keep. Assuming Esmel Bedi is the same person, we now have evidence that he meets WP:NSPORT thanks to Nfitz's source. Alzarian16 (talk) 17:51, 29 August 2010 (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.