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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 01:52, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dong Zhiyuan[edit]

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~~Has never played in the top tier of Chinese football or for the national team, failing WP:NFOOTBALL. The coverage is run-of-the-mill, failing WP:GNG. Spiderone 14:21, 9 December 2020 (UTC)~~[reply]

Withdraw - due to revision of status of Chinese leagues at WP:FPL, subject passes WP:NFOOTBALL Spiderone 20:33, 13 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails GNG and NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 19:57, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per N57 below, actually meets NFOOTBALL by some way. Giant Snowman 22:54, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep China League One and Two are fully pro leagues. This source discusses the history of League Two, stating it was semi-professional (半职业) from 1994 to 2003, professional (职业, which I think can be taken to mean fully-professional given the previous reference of semi-professionalism) from 2004 to 2010, amateur (业余) from 2011 to 2014 and professional again since 2014. I will update WP:FPL. Pinging GiantSnowman for reconsideration. Number 5 7 21:41, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Number 57 above.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 20:37, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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