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The result was no consensus. All over the map. There is no consensus as to whether this meets GNG or not. There are those who support the idea that GNG is only criteria by which to judge notability, and there are those who feel that Wikipedia should present encyclopedic information on topics that are deemed inherently notable (example: Olympic athletes, but in this case those meeting FOOTY), no matter depth of coverage. I doubt further discussion will resolve the dichotomy. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 13:28, 16 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Paulo Victor Costa Soares[edit]

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Technically unreferenced, but if the information in the article is correct the subject never played in a fully professional league thereby failing WP:NFOOTY, and I do not see correspondence to WP:GNG. Ymblanter (talk) 11:32, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 12:12, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete I agree with Ymblanter, the lack of notability and a major league are too strong of factors. Garlicolive (talk) 01:03, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- He has played in the K League 2, a fully professional-league (1, 2). Therefore he passes WP:NFOOTY. The article certiantly needs a clean-up though. Tropicanan (talk) 10:28, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  Why are you sure this is the same player? The article gives the birth year as 1999.--Ymblanter (talk) 11:12, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  @Ymblanter: Per the source I listed above. I think it a reasonable assumption that only one 'Paulo Victor Costa Soares' has moved to Phnom Penh this year. Tropicanan (talk) 11:17, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - meets WP:NFOOTBALL; needs improving, not deleting. GiantSnowman 13:22, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete – This is the only coverage I can find about this player. We have nothing from which we can write an article. WP:42 After playing for fully-professional leagues for a couple of years and not receiving any coverage for it, he is now playing in a non-WP:FPL league. If he becomes notable, then we can create the article. Otherwise, this will be a perma-stub. Leviv ich 13:34, 28 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak delete - Article about footballer who played one season in the fully-pro South Korean second division (with a side that finished rock bottom and went out of existence), and has otherwise played in semi-pro leagues. There is nearly no online coverage of him in his homeland (Brazil), and certainly nothing significant, and although I struggle with online Korean-language translators, I found nearly nothing about him (just a routine note on his signing). He's dropped out of fully-professional football and I doubt we will ever locate more significant coverage in the future. I'd like to believe an editor proficient in the Korean language could find something significant online, but it would be better to recreate the article when (and if) that happens. Jogurney (talk) 14:26, 29 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Lack of substantive outside sources to establish notability. Reywas92^Talk 18:22, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep He plays in the Cambodian League, a completely professional league. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vitou012 (talk • contribs) 09:54, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep passes WP:NFOOTY and appears to pass WP:GNG in foreign language sources (sort of a weak keep !vote, but a keep vote nevertheless.) SportingFlyer T·C 07:31, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The article clearly passes the criteria of notability as stated in the Football/Fully professional leagues list. Shotgun pete 8:10, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

• Comment – inviting keep !voters to post the WP:THREE examples of SIGCOV that pass GNG, as I can only find one [1], which is rather routine. Leviv ich 17:47, 13 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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