Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prestone Lakolo


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The result was delete. Modussiccandi (talk) 16:30, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Prestone Lakolo

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Article about footballer which fails WP:SPORTBASIC and WP:GNG. All of the online coverage is trivial - things like match reports or a press release on being pre-selected or named to a national team squad. This was the best I could find - simply says he is one of a few "well known" names in the squad's midfield - and it is nowhere close to being WP:SIGCOV. Article is a re-creation of one that was previously deleted via PROD. Jogurney (talk) 20:18, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football,  and Africa. Shellwood (talk) 20:30, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 08:35, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - no evidence of notability. I get more hits for 'Herman Lakolo' than 'Preston Lakolo' but cannot find anything of significance. If sources are found please ping me. GiantSnowman 10:40, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Comments I see plenty of hits for "Prestone Lakolo", however I don't see any interviews, reviews, I see squad inclusions and bits and pieces here and there in English and in French. This guy's article says he played 14 times for Congo, soccerway only says 7. So where are the extra games from? Soccerway also says he won the Ligue 1 eight times, the Caf Confederation Cup once. Surely there are better sources? Is anyone able to analyse other media from the country? I for one don't feel this article has been done justice. Govvy (talk) 14:23, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
 * NFT says that he has 14 FIFA-recognised caps. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 17:26, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
 * While I'm sympathetic to the idea that Lakolo might be considered an important footballing figure in the Congo because he played for the domestic champions and has been part of the national team, I searched and found nothing that indicates his career has been covered in depth at all. We can't just presume that such sources exist unless you want to make a WP:IAR argument. Jogurney (talk) 15:23, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * It's a tough one really, from what I understand, the media-press in Congo isn't the best and finding sources, that could be really tough. I wouldn't be surprised if this was deleted. It be a shame really in my opinion. Govvy (talk) 12:08, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I too am finding a lot of hits - a surprising number - but nothing in depth. This is part of the problem of throwing clear standards like NFOOTBALL out the window, and instead applying criteria that are going to BIAS against English-speaking and European (mostly white) men. But as consensus was to ignore WP:BIAS issues, then that's where we go. Nfitz (talk) 23:38, 6 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Until someone creates List of Republic of the Congo international footballers, there doesn't appear to be a suitable WP:ATD. Since no WP:SIGCOV can be found, I recommend delete until we have an ATD. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:47, 10 December 2022 (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.