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Bryan Gasperoni

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Despite having 29 appearances for San Marino, the article of this footballer lacks significant coverage to pass WP:GNG. However, the level of that national team is low, resulting in lack of coverage. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 13:40, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Siwakorn Muanseelao

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Like Korkrirk Petchkongthong, this fails GNG. Was even created with the BLP unsourced tag! Geschichte (talk) 06:37, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 09:55, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yuna Nakagai

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Declined PROD. WE League player with only four appearances. Even ja.wiki lacks coverage, and the sources provided are just trivial mentions about transfers and a festive game. Svartner (talk) 02:06, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Fails WP:SPORTSBASIC.4meter4 (talk) 03:25, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, lack of career and coverage. Geschichte (talk) 06:48, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Roger Mathis (footballer, born 1986)

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Remnant from another time, does not meet current sports guidelines. I'm also unable to verify the games for Lucerne. Geschichte (talk) 20:31, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Fails WP:SPORTSBASIC. If sources are found to prove otherwise, please ping me.4meter4 (talk) 22:49, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 02:34, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 16:28, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - yet another poorly sourced WP:BLP. In ordinary times, not a big problem, but nowadays, this is a concern. Bearian (talk) 04:12, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fumina Shibayama

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Contested PROD: Both the Japanese and English Wiki uses primary sources. per my WP:JAPANBEFORE, both Japanese and English name search has no hits on GNews. Ultra-Soccer only has passing mention. Gekisaka also has passing mentions. This fails WP:SPORTCRIT Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 10:57, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Pinging these people: @Svartner: (Who PROD this article). @Arutoria: (who contested the prod). Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 11:00, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I added some secondary source.

Not sure why this would be considered to be deleted. But she has a pretty successful football career as a Japanese woman, considering she was in both U15 and U18 Japan national team.

Women football still received considerably less media coverage and therefore naturally has less news source. If we use this standard, a lot of professional women players would be deleted from Wiki, once again reinforcing the Gender bias on Wikipedia. Arutoria (talk) 15:53, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sources you added are just WP:PASSINGMENTION and/or Announcements by her team. Source 1 although has two paragraphs of info is an WP:INTERVIEW of her classmate about her. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 05:21, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete – Fails in WP:GNG, the sources show only a few transfers reported without major repercussions. As I mentioned earlier, there are several abandoned WE League player stubs that were created en masse a few years ago. Svartner (talk) 15:58, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 16:28, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Korkrirk Petchkongthong

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Fails GNG. Was even created with the BLP unsourced tag! Geschichte (talk) 19:43, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete I can find absolutely nothing on this person Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 20:33, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Should have been PRODed in 2018. Vade retro. Svartner (talk) 22:20, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 09:10, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Fails WP:GNG Halley ^{luv Filipino ❤} (Talk) 16:56, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rob Palmer (commentator)

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fails WP:GNG; entire article is unsourced Joeykai (talk) 18:11, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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(edit conflict) *Delete per nom. Fails SIGCOV. Herinalian (talk) 18:27, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 09:10, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep like wow, he passes WP:NAUTHOR easy, published for BBC has done commentary work for them like [1], published works on different websites, [2], article written on his family which adds some notability by association Hull Live, articles like Sky Sports: Cristiano Ronaldo must reinvent himself to prolong his Real Madrid career, says Rob Palmer, (NAUTHOR) interviewed for radio [3]. Easily notable personality. There is so much online, Terrible nomination. Govvy (talk) 10:22, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Chisato Inoue

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Fails WP:NSPORT, Ja Wiki is primary souces, A WP:JAPANBEFORE search yields only press releases by United Chiba, passing mentions and unrelated stuffs. The best source is maybe this Chiba Nippo article, which is paywalled but maybe an interview Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 09:21, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Pinging @Spiderone:, @Svartner: (Who tried to PROD this) Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 09:23, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete – I hadn't seen that this one had already been PRODed. There are a number of abandoned stubs of WE League players, and some even according to ja.wiki sources do not have WP:SIGCOV. Svartner (talk) 13:13, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails GNG and NSPORT. A Google search of Chisato Inoue turns up more results for Lycoris Recoil due to the main characters' names. — Jkudlick ⚓ (talk) 20:26, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - couldn't find any independent sources aside from that interview mentioned by nom Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:02, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 09:10, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Liandala Fanai

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Only 5 professional appearances in 2017 without any WP:SIGCOV. Svartner (talk) 05:36, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Agree with the nom's assessment. There is no significant coverage available and the subject's very short sporting career does not seem sufficient to warrant an article. EmilyR34 (talk) 06:07, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 09:53, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Clearly not notable. RangersRus (talk) 15:35, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dipendu Dowary

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Only 7 professional appearances in 2017 without any WP:SIGCOV. Svartner (talk) 05:33, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 09:53, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Not notable with no significant coverage on the subject. RangersRus (talk) 15:37, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Erik Benjaminsen

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Subject may have potentially retired around 2014 and made very few appearances for either of his teams. I don't believe the available sources about him meet WP:GNG. Raskuly (talk) 04:32, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 09:52, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete He played over 100 games for Lommedalen, however it's a very small club. There is a bit there, but not enough for modern GNG standards. Govvy (talk) 10:08, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Julio Benitez

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Subject appears not to have played since 2023 and appears to have failed to to have a notable career. It feels cruel to type, but the most notable part of his career appears to be that he lost his father to COVID-19 at the start of his club career.[4] Appears to fail WP:GNG. Raskuly (talk) 04:26, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 04:39, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 09:52, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Benigno

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Appears to have had a very short career and I couldn't find good sources to support notability. Appears to fail WP:GNG. Raskuly (talk) 04:20, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Per lack of WP:V. Svartner (talk) 04:38, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 09:51, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sion at UEFA Women's Euro 2025

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Strange article. [Host city] at [sports tournament] is just not something we do, for women or men. Geschichte (talk) 13:32, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The article comes off like an advertisement to the city of Sion. KingSkyLord (talk | contribs) 13:46, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I made this article because I am very interested in host cities for major tournaments and how they prepared for the respective tournament. There is so much information about the host cities of major tournaments that is not on Wikipedia and I really think these articles are intriguing and. Just because something is strange doesn't mean that other people will not find it useful.

Any advise on how to make the page better is appreciated. ILoveSport2006 (talk) 14:10, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – A short summary of the impact the competition had on the city is welcome in Sion, Switzerland#Sport, but the article itself is completely deleterious/out of scope. Svartner (talk) 01:04, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete we don't need separate articles for host cities of this event. Can be mentioned briefly in the city's article that it hosted the event, but that's all we need, as an encyclopedia. Joseph2302 (talk) 07:16, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - agree that this is not something we need. Giant Snowman 09:50, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hickey Field

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Does not meet GNG. I suggest it should be merged with Loudonville, New York under places - landmarks. Uncle Bash007 (talk) 17:40, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge with Loudonville, New York – Per nom. Svartner (talk) 21:25, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Merge/redirect as above. Giant Snowman 10:11, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

First Vienna FC (women)

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I can't find any independent coverage of this Austrian women's football squad. All the coverage that comes up (and that's in this article) is from the squad's own website. An IP has on multiple occasions reverted a redirect to First Vienna FC as an AtD, so seeking an AfD consensus for a stable redirect. (And if anyone can find coverage for this subject to pass WP:NSPORT, all the better.) Dclemens1971 (talk) 22:18, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Dclemens1971: "I can't find any independent coverage" Really? what is this meinbezirk.at then? You don’t bother to research, you just throw around false accusations. And now you’re trying to rally support for a redirect just because an IP dared to revert your edits. That speaks volumes. 2003:100:3700:BC00:484F:27F9:24C2:2F70 (talk) 12:10, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The MeinBezirk report appears to be composed mostly of Q&A WP:INTERVIEW content with team personnel, which is not considered independent. If you have more, please share it. And I'll echo the warnings below about avoiding personal attacks like you just throw around false accusations. Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:26, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Courtesy ping to IP @2003:100:3700:bc00:a4d3:1e16:c0cf:aaed and @Onel5969, who have engaged on the redirect. Dclemens1971 (talk) 22:20, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Redirect to First Vienna FC. Achmad Rachmani (talk) 23:03, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Redirect to First Vienna FC – Per nom. Svartner (talk) 23:36, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to First Vienna FC. No brainer.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 00:24, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to First Vienna FC. There needs to be a secondary source regarding the women's team to be mentioned there. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 12:37, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Redirect as above. Giant Snowman 20:17, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep So the grand plan here is to pretend the women's team doesn't exist by quietly redirecting it to the men's article? That’'s not just lazy, it's embarrassing. We have endless articles about obscure villages with a few dozen people and barely a mention in passing sources, yet somehow a women's football team playing under Austria's oldest club doesn't “deserve” its own page?

And no, it’s not true that there are “no independent sources.” Here’s one right here: MeinBezirk.at, which actually profiles the women’s side. If that’s not enough, match results, league coverage, and local sports reporting are all out there — if you bother to look.

What really surprises me is how quickly people jump to “redirect!” instead of thinking, “maybe we should develop the article?” Isn’t that supposed to be the point of an encyclopedia? And by the way, the topic already has articles in three other language Wikipedias. Nobody there seems to be wringing their hands about “lack of sources.” But sure, let’s make the English version the most censored, because apparently if CNN doesn’t cover the topic, it doesn’t count, as we only care about the American audience!

This is not one editor’s “job” to fix alone — the article exists, the team exists, the sources exist. Pretending otherwise and redirecting to the men’s club is nothing more than sweeping women’s football under the rug. A redirect is simply shameful! 2003:100:3700:BC00:484F:27F9:24C2:2F70 (talk) 12:02, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please read WP:AFG and WP:NPA and WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. LakesideMiners^{Come Talk To Me!} 12:04, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@LakesideMiners: Where exactly did I “personally attack” anyone in my reply? Pointing out flaws in an argument isn’t a personal attack, it’s called debate. If you can’t counter what I wrote, falling back on the tired old tactic of accusations of “personal attack” just to shut someone down is pretty telling. If I had a username, I can only imagine the kind of empty threats that would already be cluttering up my talk page. 2003:100:3700:BC00:484F:27F9:24C2:2F70 (talk) 12:16, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You are implying that anyone voting to redirect is "shameful" and is "sweeping women's football under the rug". LakesideMiners^{Come Talk To Me!} 12:34, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@LakesideMiners: The act is shameful because we can develop the article not simply redirect it! All can decide by themselves, and their opinions are respected! but claiming that independent coverage does not exist is not acceptable! 2003:100:3700:BC00:484F:27F9:24C2:2F70 (talk) 12:43, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect All I can find are betting sites and the FCs own website. Main article needs rewriting a bit as wellLakesideMiners^{Come Talk To Me!} 12:12, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@LakesideMiners: Of course! English search results only! Really? read this MeinBezirk.at. We only care about American audience, right?! Go ahead and rewrite the whole article, show us what you got! 2003:100:3700:BC00:484F:27F9:24C2:2F70 (talk) 12:21, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

1. That's in German

2. This is the English Wikipedia, not the German Wikipedia. We do accept sources in other languages, and I don't see where LM asked for specifically English language sources. Also I would watch your language, since you're approaching personal attack territory. If you're going to bludgeon the discussion and attack anyone who disagrees, you're heading for a block. Aydo h8^{[what have I done now?]} 12:24, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Aydoh8: Your reply meant nothing at all, only mumbling! "That's in German" then "We do accept sources in other languages" you contradict yourself in two sentences! Not only American audiences we should care about, also the Aussies! Who are you to threaten me by blocking in the first place?! You write to me to watch my language as if I cursed someone, can you tag any part of my text that includes attacking someone! If not, keep it shut! 2003:100:3700:BC00:484F:27F9:24C2:2F70 (talk) 12:33, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You said English search results only! Really? read this and proceeded to link a German-language source. I also was not threatening to block you (I also don't have the power to block you), I was simply warning you that such behaviour would inevitably lead to one. Aydo h8^{[what have I done now?]} 12:36, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Aydoh8: Because the other user claimed to find only betting related sources, since they tried only English search results, so I add the German ref to show that the topic is covered! MAybe it is too sunny in Australia these days! 2003:100:3700:BC00:484F:27F9:24C2:2F70 (talk) 12:52, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am leaving a warning on their talk page as a formality. LakesideMiners^{Come Talk To Me!} 12:37, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also meant to say that the English Wikipedia's target audience is English speakers (not just Americans, or Australians for that matter). Aydo h8^{[what have I done now?]} 12:38, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Aydoh8: Entire articles about historic figures from various regions have been written using only non-English sources. The language should not matter if the topic is well-covered. Since this is an Austrian club, it’s natural that the main references would be in German. The main claim here which is no independent coverage is simply incorrect. 2003:100:3700:BC00:484F:27F9:24C2:2F70 (talk) 12:48, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand your post, @Aydoh8. Are you objecting to their disdain for people wanting English sources, or that they provided a non-English post. Nfitz (talk) 18:15, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sports Mogul

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Lack of sources that prove notability. Basically it only currently appears notable for designing a couple of sports games. Specifically Baseball Mogul, Masters of the Gridiron (No article of it yet), Football Mogul and Baseball Mogul Online. As an alternative for deletion, an option could be merging the content from the articles of the games it has made into this one. If that is bad, maybe just delete? This feels like a tossup... Servite et contribuere (talk) 17:47, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. The three sources given are the company's website, and two links about the game Baseball Mogul. The gamespot link doesn't have anything significant on it (here's what I got on the archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20210830220556/https://www.gamespot.com/games/baseball-mogul-2007/news/), the gamershell link says that Baseball Mogul was the best selling PC baseball game for two years in a row (https://web.archive.org/web/20080207062631/https://gamershell.com/companies/sports_mogul/374303.html). The second article could be added to the Baseball Mogul article. Per WP:PRODUCT, this article could be merged into Baseball Mogul (though that article has mostly dependent coverage). I've proposed Football Mogul for deletion, since it has only dependent coverage or insignificant coverage from IGN and Gamespot. Truthnope (talk) 21:40, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as sourcing fails WP:NCORP and regardless has nothing to say about the company itself, see WP:NOTWORK. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk)
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Delete You could derive notability through a third party way on the games they produce, but nothing is talking about the company directly. This clearly fails NCORP and should be deleted. I also feel we shouldn't have any redirect. The term itself Sports Mogul could be a notable term. So this was always the wrong title for the article in the first place. Govvy (talk) 10:01, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Clay Dreslough, notable person associated with the subject. Go D. Usopp (talk) 12:31, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Lacks standalone notability, and I think redirection is a bit of a stretch for something bigger than just one guy. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 20:53, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and Merge- to the more notable games I see is a good ATD, no SIGCOV caught my attention upon searching its current name, tried even to search for its former name Infinite Monkey Systems but seems to mostly turn up the Theorem than the game devs, did find this interview which I know is primary source, will add it here anyway as part of the discussion.Lorraine Crane (talk) 13:22, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge/redirect to Clay Dreslough – As WP:ATD. Svartner (talk) 02:24, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2025–26 Qatar Stars League

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This article has no valid references, and its lede is written in the past tense about a present and future sports season. There is already a draft, which has been declined four times, so that this article, which differs from the article and does not identify the 14 August start of the season, cannot be draftified. The one reference returns a 404. The draft should be improved and resubmitted, and this article can go to the bit bucket. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:22, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Per nom. Svartner (talk) 04:40, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - let any improvements that can be made to the article be done to the draft. Epsilon.Prota ^talk 11:27, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - on the basis it duplicates a draft. Topic can/will be notable - not in current format. Giant Snowman 17:39, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above and allow time to improve the draft. Fade258 (talk) 00:30, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
DELETE - SALT I feel it would be to prudent to SALT the article, that way people should be able to see the problems and work on it in draft until fixed. Regards. Govvy (talk) 09:54, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and improve. No need to delete/salt, as the season has been ongoing for two matchdays. A histmerge with Draft:2025–26 Qatar Stars League is sufficient. Nehme₁₄₉₉ 17:30, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jayvin Van Deventer

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Subject fails to meet the WP:GNG because of a lack of WP:SIGCOV. Let'srun (talk) 19:24, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Fails in WP:GNG. Svartner (talk) 22:42, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Only played in reserve team so far. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 11:26, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 17:38, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2023–24 Colchester United W.F.C. season

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I'm struggling to comprehend why we have a separate article for an individual club season for a club competing in the 9th tier of English women's football. This season is already covered more than adequately in the main article - Colchester United W.F.C.. Even if there were independent, reliable sources for all the statistics and results in this article, this would be way below the level that would usually be considered for a stats article. In English men's football, typically only the top 4 tiers are covered to this level of detail. As a stand-alone topic, this doesn't meet WP:GNG. I also think WP:NOTEVERYTHING applies. Although they are at slightly higher amateur levels, 2024–25 Colchester United W.F.C. season and 2025–26 Colchester United W.F.C. season may also need looking at. Those advocating for keep, please can I ask that you cite a Wikipedia notability guideline? Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:09, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Blatant fails in WP:NSEASON. Svartner (talk) 19:16, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 19:44, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - please note consensus on other amateur seasons that all ended in deletion Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2025 CS Saint-Laurent season and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2024/25 Romford FC Season Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 05:31, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per other obscure, amateur seasons mentioned by Spiderone. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 11:26, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete A season topic for a team in a league that is not notable enough to have a topic is clearly not notable. CNC (talk) 14:29, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ken Bellini

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A collegiate soccer player with just three appearances for the reserve team of Real Salt Lake. Appears to fail WP:GNG and WP:TOOSOON appears relevant. Raskuly (talk) 13:14, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 17:36, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, coverage passes GNG IMO.--Ortizesp (talk) 17:09, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. [5] seems fluffy, and there are no other signs of coverage or indications of notability. Geschichte (talk) 11:03, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Mathias Jensen (footballer, born 2005)

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Contested draftification. Draft was declied some four times, so I'm nominating it as a misuse of the AFC process - especially since the given reason was so bad: "Every information is fully covered in the interview with Mathias Jensen on youtube as linked as reference". This is not acceptable as a backbone reference in an article. Geschichte (talk) 11:55, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Since the draftying process was not respected. Svartner (talk) 18:34, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
So you vote for deletion due to a question of respect - and nothing Else? You deserved to be deleted then. This is a full valid article. 5.186.223.34 (talk) 17:28, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep passes GNG with significant coverage, articles like this, this, this, this, this and this are all significant and show he passes GNG.--Ortizesp (talk) 18:54, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
~~Keep~~ Comment: [Per sources supplied by @Ortizesp. Though the disregard of the AfC process is concerning regarding the user themself, the subject of the article is distinct from this issue. Following incorporation of the above sources, and other supporting coverage ([6][7][8][9]), subject satisfies GNG and SPORTSCRIT] Following @Clariniie's statement I've realised the sources I added were in fact referring to a different Matthias Jensen. Epsilon.Prota ^talk 11:04, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Matthias Jensen is a quite common name. Hard to look up. Can anyone analyze whether or not the sources provided by Ortizesp count towards WP:GNG? ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 11:28, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- All of the references listed are for this specific Mathias Jensen currently playing at Brøndby.@Clariniie:@Epsilon.Prota:--Ortizesp (talk) 13:46, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep per sources above which show notability. Giant Snowman 17:36, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The "Drømmen opfyldt" one, maybe. Any others? Geschichte (talk) 18:50, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
very weak keep Just scrapes by in my opinion per WP:BASIC, however it's got a lot against it. I would like to see more to confirm my keep for me. Govvy (talk) 09:49, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This article is fully valid. And all content are validated in the YouTube-interview linked. He’s a full professional footballer with leaguegames on his CV. 5.186.223.34 (talk) 11:28, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your arguments fully fall under WP:ARGUMENTSTOAVOID, please read it Geschichte (talk) 06:34, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gia Nikvashvili

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Only WP:PASSING and WP:PRIMARY sources, therefore fails WP:GNG. Maltese futsal is not notable. Geschichte (talk) 15:49, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I don't understand exactly what you want. It is a living person, I have included multiple references from various sources. Zoran Stojanovic (talk) 22:50, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a lack of significant coverage. Please see WP:SPORTBASIC. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:10, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Leaning Keep – It does appear to be a lot of passing coverage, but there is so much passing coverage, I'm inclined to believe there might be enough out there. On a side note, @Geschichte: this feels a bit bitey. The article hasn't even existed for a day, and calling Maltese futsal not notable is unnecessary, and seems pretty rude considering that it appears to be the article creator's main editing focus. There are definitely some things related to Maltese futsal that meet WP:GNG, regardless of if a particular player does. – Ike Lek (talk) 03:43, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I'd like to chime in to back up Ike Lek that Maltese futsal, and many other generic sports things like that, are likely to be notable, regardless of the notability of individual players. Futsal is a big sport in Europe, including Malta. I've no opinion on whether this player is notable. Bearian (talk) 16:56, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 19:44, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, so much coverage that I think it passes GNG at this point.--Ortizesp (talk) 17:08, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I gave my best to promote Maltese futsal on wiki. The articles aren't the greater, but it is a good start. Hopefully someone will upgrade them. Futsal is a popular sport in Malta and it isn't played only within FMA. There are many amateur leagues not sanctioned by the association. Some 20 years ago, there were over 60 teams divided in around 10 groups within 4 divisions. 3 Zoran Stojanovic (talk) 19:38, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the alleged significant coverage? I even searched in Georgian and found little. La Gazzetta covers Giga Nikvashvili in detail, but that's a completely different person to Gia Nikvashvili. The coverage in Malta for the futsal player of this name seems to all just be trivial mentions in match reports. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:12, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - having searched both Maltese and Georgian news sources, I couldn't find one article that addresses Nikvashvili in detail. Even having 10 trivial mentions is no substitute to having 2 or 3 strong sources showing significant coverage of the subject and WP:SPORTBASIC clearly says that every biography should have, as a bare minimum, one decent source. This has none. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:16, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Don't see any evidence of independent WP:SIGCOV, just WP:TRIVIALMENTIONS, routine match coverage and database sources. Fails WP:NSPORT. Dclemens1971 (talk) 18:29, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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John Fraser (Canadian soccer)

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Cannot find any articles and citations on him. I have also checked newspapers.com. He also only played one Olympics game as a midfielder. Mysecretgarden (talk) 09:01, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep – Per WP:NOLY. I imagine there needs to be a more study of these footballers from the St. Louis edition, but it is within the current criteria. Svartner (talk) 10:29, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WP:NOLY seems to apply to individuals who have won medals in the Olympics, but it does not automatically qualify anyone. The policy was changed a while ago. It now starts out by saying "Significant coverage is likely to exist for an athlete...." ,,, if you go back to a version such as June 2021 it says: "Athletes from any sport are presumed notable if they have competed at the modern Olympic Games,..." .. this has not been the case for a while and I am assuming you are an old school editor that is not aware of the policies.

So we still need significant coverage. If you can produce such coverage, please post it. We need to start deleting many of these older athletes who no longer qualify based on the policies. Mysecretgarden (talk) 18:50, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What is the "need" to delete articles on Olympic champions? BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:50, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Svartner I don't disagree, but we don't currently have any policies that says Olympic medalists qualify automatically. They still need to have significant news coverage. Mysecretgarden (talk) 23:36, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Merge too Galt F.C. Again like I posted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexander Cudmore, I believe they are notable as a group, the prose should be merged for all players. I am also curious why this is chosen to be nominated for AfD, when it could have been all merged without the need for AfD. Govvy (talk) 10:51, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Because some editors bitterly oppose any and all changes to these pages and insist that everything has to be done through AFD. If you redirect they just undo the redirect. If you PROD they just deProd with a perfunctory "too many prods". So AFD it has to be. FOARP (talk) 13:23, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Galt F.C.. Mention the players here with position and lifespan. It's anachronistic to treat the 1904 Olympic football competition as a real Olympic football competition. Geschichte (talk) 13:21, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
50 words in this source. Kinda ridiculous to start getting rid of Olympic champions... BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:43, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@BeanieFan11 he only played one game in Olympics. That's hardy a champion. There is also no indication that he played in the finals. However, since we go based on policy, please point me to the policy that may be relevant here. WP:NOLY seems to apply to individuals who have won medals in the Olympics, but in addition it does not automatically qualify anyone. The policy was changed a while ago. It now starts out by saying "Significant coverage is likely to exist for an athlete...." ,,, if you go back to a version such as June 2021 it says: "Athletes from any sport are presumed notable if they have competed at the modern Olympic Games,..." .. this has not been the case for a while and I am assuming you are an old school editor that is not aware of the policies. Mysecretgarden (talk) 18:48, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Anyone who appears for an Olympic champion team is considered an Olympic champion. All I said is that it is ridiculous to get rid of articles on Olympic champions. Being called an editor that is not aware of the policies by someone with 1/100 as many contributions as myself is kind of insulting to be honest. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:50, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@BeanieFan11 I apologize if my comment came across as insulting—that was not my intention. I only meant to point out that, under the current policies, being an Olympic Champion does not automatically qualify someone, and it appears you may not have been aware of this change. The guidelines specify that significant news coverage is still required. I fully acknowledge that you have made more edits than I have; however, the number of edits does not necessarily reflect familiarity with every Wikipedia policy. There are likely many areas where your knowledge exceeds mine, but in this case, it seems you may not be as familiar with the WP:NOLY policy. Mysecretgarden (talk) 23:42, 12 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@BeanieFan11 fully agree. Svartner (talk) 12:48, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or (2nd pref.) Redirect - This was a team medal, not individual, and per WP:NTEAM members of the team don't inherit the notability of the team. Then there's the question of whether a tournament in which exactly two countries (three teams - two for the US, one for Canada) were represented qualifies even under WP:NOLY, and it clearly does not because NOLY explicitly excludes situations in which everyone is guaranteed a medal ("Significant coverage is likely to exist for an athlete in any sport if they have won a medal at the modern Olympic Games, including the Summer Olympics (since 1896) or the Winter Olympics (since 1924), e.g., Ian Thorpe, or have won a medal at the Paralympic Games, e.g. Laurentia Tan, unless the athlete competed in an event with fewer than four competitors or teams (i.e., when all participants received a medal)". I'd also question whether it's accurate to say that the players in these teams were playing for their countries - especially the players in the two US teams but even the players in Galt F.C. appear to have been representing their teams, not their countries. Fails WP:NSPORTS due to lack of IRS SIGCOV.

Oppose Merge - There isn't anything WP:DUE to merge here. Whilst I'm at It I should say that my preference is for deletion, not redirection, because "(Canadian soccer)" is not a plausible search-term. FOARP (talk) 13:10, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"This was a team medal, not individual" Why'd all the players get medals then? Football_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics#Medal_table: "According to a report in the Toronto Mail and Empire newspaper of November 18, 1904, medals were awarded to the players in St. Louis. The report states that "Immediately after the game, the Galt aggregation, numbering about 50 persons, retired to the office of James E. Sullivan, chief of the Department of Physical Culture, where they received their prize. After a talk by Mr. James A. Conlon, of the Physical Culture Department, Mayor Mundy, of the City of Galt, presented each player on the winning team with a beautiful gold medal." The medal awarded to Fred Steep of Galt, held by The Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum in Vaughan, Ontario, clearly shows that the medals were made in St. Louis, Missouri." ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 13:37, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

These are team medals because this is a team event. Players receive them regardless of how they, individually, performed. The winner is the team, not the individual players. FOARP (talk) 13:47, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is exactly why I said merge, because Galt F.C. won the medal for the Canadian team, the Galt F.C. article could easily house basic team information in say a table. FOARP I feel ashamed for you, (I never said redirect) you're clearly more interested in article destruction than article creation. Govvy (talk) 14:11, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've created hundreds of articles, so no, that impression is pretty much just in your own head.

What I'm against is the mass-spamming of the encyclopaedia with non-notable articles that's been going on. As can be seen from WP:NSPORTS2022, WP:LUGSTUBS and WP:LUGSTUBS2, I'm far from the only person who thinks this is an issue.

As for merging, as I said, there is nothing reliably sourced and WP:DUE that needs merging here. FOARP (talk) 14:20, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mass-spamming going on? This has nothing to do with Lugnuts. Why are you casting aspersion on the well-appreciated article creator - User:Gh, for an article that clearly met creation criteria? The article has been here for almost 20 years! Nfitz (talk) 02:52, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as an Olympic medalist.--User:Namiba 14:10, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
He would have been an Olympic medallist regardless of how he performed, because only three teams entered. WP:NOLY explicitly excludes this kind of medal even if you think a team medal makes him a champion (it doesn't). FOARP (talk) 14:14, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Where this argument fails is that he's a gold medalist. And a member of one of only 18 teams of distinction (and the second ever added) from the last 140 years in the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame. Nfitz (talk) 22:27, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That is an argument for the notability of the teams, not him. FOARP (talk) 03:46, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Redirect to Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#Galt F.C. as possible search term. Giant Snowman 17:58, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or redirect to the team. Oppose merge as the existing info is just a couple sentences of trivial prosified stats. JoelleJay (talk) 01:40, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Subject fails to meet the WP:GNG because of a lack of WP:SIGCOV, and since only three teams competed in the football tournament this season WP:NOLY is also not met here. Oppose a redirect due to the implausible disambiguation, and there's nothing worth merging here either. Let'srun (talk) 19:36, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep, I think no matter what a gold medal should be grounds for inclusion in the Olympics, regardless of coverage.--Ortizesp (talk) 17:05, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Especially in the first editions. These are cases where I think it's completely justifiable to have stubs. Svartner (talk) 01:08, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, we have two global consensuses explicitly rejecting that reasoning, so... JoelleJay (talk) 03:24, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think the opposite, because the earliest competitions took place between completely random teams, not countries with qualifying processes etc. The media attention was also astronomically lower. Geschichte (talk) 10:56, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#Galt F.C. as a possible search team. Winning a gold medal at the Olympics, especially as part of a team, does not exempt one from GNG and has not since the alterations made to NOLY. Devonian Wombat (talk) 03:03, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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