Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Politics and Football in Africa


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The result was delete. Tone 21:08, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Politics and Football in Africa

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This is rife with WP:OR, WP:SYNTH and is an essay. I'm not sure if the topic itself is suitable for inclusion but as it's currently written, it's definitely not. Praxidicae (talk) 20:15, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:17, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:17, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:17, 29 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete Looks like it fails WP:SYNTH and it is a not encyclopaedic worthy tone. Sheldybett (talk) 16:36, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep article needs cleanup not deletion. Horse Eye Jack (talk) 17:45, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * What reliable, in depth coverage is there specifically relating to "politics and football in Africa" that mention it directly? Anything less is synth. Praxidicae (talk) 18:00, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Perhaps it should be merged with Association football and politics but a number of the page’s sources do make explicit connections between politics and soccer in Africa, particularly Banal Nationalism, Football, and Discourse Community in Africa which was published in a notable academic journal (this one source alone satisfies your reliable and in depth requirements). Horse Eye Jack (talk) 18:58, 29 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete interesting, but I agree the article has the problems identified by the nominator. SportingFlyer  T · C  09:27, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete Pure WP:SYNTH and WP:OR. Perhaps the topic itself has some notability, but this article needs WP:TNT. Newshunter12 (talk) 05:15, 5 May 2019 (UTC)


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