The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:39, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Aleksandr Salimov[edit]

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Article is about a footballer who has only made 11 appearances in the third tier of Russian football for his entire career - which appears to have ended in 2009. The article is three years old and there is no sign of any coverage of Salimov in any reliable sources other than football statistics databases (I've searched English- and Russian-language sources). It is unclear whether the Russian third-tier is "fully-pro" and in any case, this article is not going to get any better so let's apply some common sense and remove it until the point that significant coverage in WP:RS is available. Jogurney (talk) 02:34, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Jogurney (talk) 02:39, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - fails WP:GNG, which outweighs WP:NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 08:02, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - this article technically meets WP:NSPORT, but let's apply some WP:COMMONSENSE. There is no indication whatsoever that this article meets WP:GNG. Sir Sputnik (talk) 09:39, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:36, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Previous two commentators say delete but noted that it meets WP:NFOOTBALL and [[WP:NSPORT]. WP:GNG doesn't invalidate that ... Nfitz (talk) 15:46, 15 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - article technically pass WP:NFOOTBALL, but everything should pass WP:GNG. Deleting an article about a footballer that played a handful of matches at the third level in Russia doesn't hurt much, maybe it should be removed from WP:FPL too. Mentoz86 (talk) 16:01, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – WP:GNG prevails in such borderline cases and the footballer has received no significant coverage in reliable independent sources. 11 appearances in Russia's third level are not enough. – Kosm1 fent 06:43, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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.