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Awadh Al-Sameer (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Declined prod. 3 sources were added. 2 are from Oman Olympic Committee which would be a primary source. The sole third party source added is [1] which appears to be just a competitor listing. Fails WP:SPORTSCRIT and WP:NOLY. LibStar (talk) 22:08, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Olympics, Sport of athletics, and Oman. LibStar (talk) 22:08, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep based on WP:NEXIST, with a possibility for procedural keep. Context for procedural keep: Over 80 articles all in the same narrow topic (Olympic-level track and field competitors from non-English-speaking countries) have been brought to AfD or PRODed this month, as compared to a typical one or two per week otherwise. It takes significant effort to do a complete source search for each of these, all of which aren't in English and most of which are from the pre-Internet era from countries that have not digitized their national newspaper archives yet. If a sweeping argument should be made, then make that as a mass nomination, but otherwise these need to be more spread out. Having this many individual AfDs open at once about these historical figures notoriously difficult to research sets up an insurmountable task.

NEXIST rationale: Omani newspapers from the 1980s haven't been found yet, we would expect coverage because Al-Sameer was a two-time Olympian for Oman, and the first ever Omani Olympic marathoner for the country's Olympic debut in 1984.

• The simple fact is that Awadh Al-Sameer is no less notable than (for example) Chae Hong-nak or Adalberto García. The only difference is the online availability of newspaper coverage from the region at the time. Just because sources aren't on the Internet doesn't mean the article should be deleted, per WP:NEXIST. --Habst (talk) 15:43, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  As another editor stated "NEXIST does not exempt subjects from the requirement that there must be verifiable, objective evidence that the subject has received significant attention from independent sources to support a claim of notability". LibStar (talk) 09:04, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Which editor stated that? The evidence that a source has received SIGCOV can in rare cases be his achievements, which is the rationale I'm using here. --Habst (talk) 17:53, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Mentioned here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Farouk Ahmed Sayed. LibStar (talk) 01:38, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I actually agree with most of that comment, but it doesn't contradict the NEXIST rationale. NEXIST actually supersedes NSPORT, and has more well-established global consensus. --Habst (talk) 16:50, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon as a valid ATD for participants at an Olympic Games. --Enos733 (talk) 23:45, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris ^talk! 01:46, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]