Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marzouq Zaki


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The result was   delete. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:52, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Marzouq Zaki

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Contested PROD, player has not played in fully professional league, nor played senior international football, so fails WP:NFOOTY. Contestor of the prod cited this and this neither of which appear to be lengthy enough to be considered "significant coverage" for WP:GNG. Fenix down (talk) 09:24, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. GiantSnowman 13:32, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - per nom. He has not played in a fully pro league or received significant coverage, meaning the article fails WP:GNG and WP:NSPORT. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:15, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - Numerous significant coverage, from numerous different sources such as       The shear number of significant references in so many sources does concern me.  Nfitz (talk) 02:57, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - - are you actually able to tell us what any of these links say. Ignoring the fact that link 1 and link 6 are the same, these are all very short articles of no more than a 10-15 lines each. It's not very helpful simply to dump a load of foreign language links in and claim GNG. It is clear he is mentioned quite a few times, but you haven't provided any context or attempt to translate any of these very short little articles. I still don't see anything in these links, from their layout at least, that would indicate significant coverage in terms of interviews / articles. If these are interviews then there doesn't seem to be much more than a couple of questions in each one and if they are articles in general about the player they really don't go into any depth at all. WOuld help if you could provide context and translation. Fenix down (talk) 08:37, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment It says he is notable. They are all easy enough to read, right-click translate to English. Sorry about the dupe ...Nfitz (talk) 04:57, 12 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Northamerica1000(talk) 11:33, 10 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NFOOTBALL failure. I would have voted keep if he had played at the Olympics, but he only appeared in the qualifiers (Kuwait haven't qualified since 2000). Number   5  7  18:15, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. JMHamo (talk) 15:13, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep- Is Kuwaiti Premier League a fully professional league?? WP:FPL doesn't decide that, Asian Football Confederation does. I do not think he fails on WP:NFOOTY. WP:FPL is not a policy page or a reliable source. Hitro   talk  20:01, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The claim that the Kuwaiti Premier League is fully pro is not supported by reliable sources. Kuwait is a member of the AFC by virtue of geography, not professionalism. Sir Sputnik (talk) 20:26, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Support your claim with reliable source. I have posted a reliable source. Hitro  talk  20:28, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Australia is part of AFC, this discards your claims about geographical virtues. Hitro   talk  20:35, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Does it matter given the sources provide prove that he meets WP:GNG? Nfitz (talk) 01:51, 17 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger One ping only 12:02, 20 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - the subject fails both the general notabilty guideline and the subject-specific notability guideline, as the footballer hasn't received significant coverage or played in a fully pro league. Mentoz (talk) 21:20, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - Isn't the claim that he hasn't played in fully pro league in conflict with what some are saying in the discussion of the Omani league at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Fully professional leagues? Nfitz (talk) 21:16, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Might be, but until there is a consensus to include the Omani league in the list of fully pro league, I act as if it isn't included in the list. Might be wise to close this as "no consensus" and re-nominate it if the consensus of that discussion was to not include the Omani league in the list of fully pro leagues. Mentoz (talk) 21:30, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
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