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The result was redirect‎ to 2007 AFC Asian Cup squads#Iraq. ✗plicit 12:56, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ahmed Abid Ali (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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The subject fails WP:GNG and WP:NSPORT for not having WP:SIGCOV from WP:IS and WP:RS whereby the sources talk about the subject in depth and length for WP:V. Announcements of competitions and results are considered routine sports reports and can not be used to contribute to notability guidelines requirements. Cassiopeia talk 00:34, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football, and Iraq. Cassiopeia talk 00:34, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: The nominator did not provide a statement for this one, but I assume this was inadvertent, and the same basic rationale as their other recent nominations in this topic area applies here — a GNG/NSPORTS failure for lack of significant coverage that, at best, is reliant on non-notability-supporting routine coverage. (I don't generally provide any opinion in AfDs in this topic area, and will not provide one here either.) WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:09, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • This has been repaired, so I've struck to prevent confusion. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:49, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:03, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to 2007 AFC Asian Cup squads#Iraq as ATD. GiantSnowman 14:02, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to 2007 AFC Asian Cup squads#Iraq since subject lacks individual notability. -The Gnome (talk) 16:52, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: From a quick search I have identified a number of sources in Arabic coverage for this player, which I have added to the page. Considering this is a player who played in and won the 2007 AFC Asian Cup final which is one of the top honours in international football, it would have made much more sense to add a "Sources exist" or equivalent template to the page rather than nominating it for deletion. Hashim-afc (talk) 15:55, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:08, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Forensics on the belatedly offered links:

The first takes us to a routine report about the Al-Zawraa SC football club and its 2014 four transfer prospects, among whom is our subject, duly name-dropped. The second routinely reproduces a statement our player made to the media; again, it's about the team' prospects (they are good). The final one is an interview to the Qatari sports website WinWin; it barely makes it as a source. But that is literally all we have. A desert, bereft of the important necessities. -The Gnome (talk) 23:47, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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