Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ruslan Vaal

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:24, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ruslan Vaal

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Amateur/semi-pro footballer with no apparent WP:SIGCOV about him anywhere. I have searched both Ruslan Kirpikov (Кирпиков Руслан) and Ruslan Vaal (Руслан Вааль) and not found anything other than the sources already cited at the bottom of the article. Please note that the creator had previously declared a WP:COI on their user page and they have not edited about anything other than Vaal in their 2 years here. Most of this article is original research, which is against Wikipedia policy. UKR Football is only a database but it confirms that Vaal spent most of their career in the amateur, regional levels of Ukraine. They did have some very brief spells in China, Moldova, Slovakia, Germany and Latvia but these spells were so brief that I would be surprised if he amassed any significant coverage in those places. KOFF has the best coverage of him but it's still quite brief. It does mention that he played some amateur football overseas. FC Dynamo is a non-independent source and only mentions Vaal in passing. How do we even know that Vaal and Kirpikov are the same person? None of the sources make this connection. Fails WP:SPORTSIGCOV All sports biographies must include at least one reference to a source providing significant coverage of the subject, excluding database sources. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 07:36, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football, and Ukraine. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 07:36, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 07:44, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 09:00, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – At least is a case for WP:TNT. Svartner (talk) 23:41, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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