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The result was nomination withdrawn. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:49, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

William Chilufya[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.' PROD was contested on the grounds that he was named player of the year in Namibia. I see no evidence of this award generating significant coverage. Sir Sputnik (talk) 21:40, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. Although it needs sources, it does not seem to fail notability. I understand Namibia is NOT a fully professional league according to WP:FPL which is a prerequisite for WP:NFOOTY in section 2 ("Players who have appeared in a fully-professional league"), BUT subject participated in in international competition, which had teams of Fully-Professional Leagues (Nigeria and Tunisia) playing, scoring a hat-trick [1]. WP:FPL on its own is a source of disagreement and the reason why Namibia is not considered professional is not clear there. So, since WP:NSPORT says that it "should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis" and since the subject (other than scoring a hat-trick on an international competition) also was top scorer for a national competition [2] (his name was spelled "Shilufya" instead) I think he is personally notable. Article still needs sources and references, though. And a lot of improvement too. -- Loukinho (talk) 04:46, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - has played (and scored) in the CAF Champions League, which is Africa's top continental club competition - notable enough for me. Giant Snowman 12:12, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep. Fails WP:GNG? Full-page coverage: here, here, here, here here and so on and so on, all from top-tier african sources. A couple of these are behind paywalls but i've subscribed for a week just for this AfD if anyone's interested in the full contents. These are all from the first few pages of google searching 'William Chilufya Football' (there seems to be a politician with the same name). With all due respect I suggest the nominator should re-read WP:BEFORE, and to think that this was PROD-ed. doomgaze (talk) 01:04, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your input. It is quite clear that this article does meet WP:GNG, and as such I am withdrawing the nomination. Sir Sputnik (talk) 02:49, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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