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The result was delete. Davewild (talk) 08:39, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Behar Maliqi[edit]

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Contested PROD. Concern was Article about a footballer who fails WP:GNG and who has not played in a fully pro league. Caps for Kosovo do not confer notability as they are not FIFA affiliated. Contest rational was That Kosovo doesn't have a national team, this is not up to FIFA to decide, nor is it up to you. Sir Sputnik (talk) 03:41, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 10:11, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: He's the captain of Pristina. How can you guys delete so easily one of the best Kosovo players? Just because you don't have enough googlehits, it is not enough to delete someone. He is also a member of the Kosovo national football team. If FIFA doesn't accept Kosovo, that's FIFA's problem. FIFA is just an association to which a country can adhere or not. WP:NSOCCER does not mention that a national team has to belong to a country whose football federation has to be accepted by FIFA, and, as a national team player, he fully meets WP:NSOCCER. As a matter of fact, FIFA is not even mentioned in WP:NSOCCER What am I missing? Futbollisti (talk) 12:58, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Exerpt from WP:NSPORT: Players...who have represented their country in any officially sanctioned senior international competition (including the Olympics) are notable. (emphasis mine). Since Kosovo is not part of FIFA its matches are not officially sanctioned. Furthermore, the quality of a player has no bearing on his/her notability. What is relevant is the absence of coverage, which you (Futbollisti) have already pointed out. Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:15, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The interpretation of officially is merely yours, not that of the wiki policies. FIFA is just an association of football federations, to which a football federation of a nation can elect to be part of or not. FIFA doesn't have the exclusivity of confering officiality to football matches, neither in real life, nor in Wikipedia policies. I didn't say that there are no sources, there are plenty of sources, and I will bring them forth, but I don't know how many you want. Just for his transfer to Skendija in January [1] there were a lot of sport magazines and newspapers writing on him. Futbollisti (talk) 15:39, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Argyle 4 Life^talk 17:17, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How does he fail them?Futbollisti (talk) 20:29, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ - has never appeared in a fully-professional or internationally sanctioned match, failing WP:NFOOTBALL; also fails WP:GNG due to lack of significant coverage. Giant Snowman 17:37, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm assuming this was just oversight, but I'm afraid you've already !voted, Snowman. Sir Sputnik (talk) 17:39, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Argyle. --WhiteWriter ^speaks 15:04, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as failing WP:GNG. Completely unsourced. Stuartyeates (talk) 01:36, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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