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The result was delete. Randykitty (talk) 15:09, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Liu Deng[edit]

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The player fails WP:GNG despite only playing 1 game in a WP:FPL league. HawkAussie (talk) 11:29, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep - player is still relatively young by Chinese football standards, and has only been out of the game ~ a year, having been registered with teams in Portugal. He will most likely end up joining a China League One/Two club soon. I think nomination is a bit too soon, but I understand the nomination and any votes to delete. Davidlofgren1996 (talk) 12:01, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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• Weak keep passes NFOOTY, and not so far removed from active career.--Ortizesp (talk) 18:09, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - there is longstanding consensus that scraping by on NFOOTBALL with one or two appearances is insufficient when GNG is failed so comprehensively, as is the case here. If sources are found please ping me. Now 26, no professional appearances for a number of years. GiantSnowman 18:11, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Article about non-notable footballer who made a single appearance in a fully-pro league. This creates a presumption of notability, but that presumption is invalid as WP:GNG is comprehensively failed (I can only find the most superficial/trivial mentions such as this [1]). Jogurney (talk) 16:35, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep in addition to meeting NFOOTBALL, they meet GNG with coverage like this and [https://kknews.cc/sports/b6e3566.html this. Nfitz (talk) 01:59, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • kknews.cc does not qualify as it is a content farm, the article is probably stolen from WeChat Official Accounts. It is hard to find the original publisher. --Skyfiler (talk) 06:51, 18 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Good point - though it's hard to find good sources in that region. Here's another extensive in-depth article. I can't speak to the source though. Thoughts? Nfitz (talk) 22:09, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - the source discussed above looks good to me. Tencent Sports is presumably a reliable source if it is connected to a major company like Tencent, right? Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 15:52, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment at the end of the page you will see this notice: "The content above (including the pictures and videos if any) is uploaded and posted by a user of NetEase Hao, which is a social media platform and only provides information storage services." A social media platform is not reliable on Wikipedia. The article itself is probably stolen from Tencent Sports and Tencent Sports is generally reliable, better replace it with the original source if you can find it. --Skyfiler (talk) 13:55, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the explanation, I wasn't aware that that was the case looking at the article. I'm still neutral on this one but mostly because I lack the proficiency in Chinese to do a proper search. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 15:20, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per Giantsnowman.4meter4 (talk) 02:43, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep passes WP:NFOOTY subject is 26 years with an ongoing career he is not retired or injured see little point deleting it.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 09:18, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per GiantSnowman. It's time to actually enforce the GNG requirement at NSPORTS. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 14:40, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete or draftify as best, since it seems like the player's career is not active anymore. Most of the keep opinions hinge on this fact. "Just" one year without a club? One year is pretty much, and it's 2022 soon. Not to mention: his last actual football game happened in 2018. Also, I am not at all convinced by the coverage that is supposed to meet GNG. The article could also be draftified and then deleted in six months as stale. Geschichte (talk) 07:12, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - I do not understand how this article even would pass a simple WP:GNG. Please.. kknews.cc is not WP:RS. Gentleman wiki (talk) 19:08, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, as per GiantSnowman and PMC. MrsSnoozyTurtle 01:55, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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