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The result was keep. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 19:33, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Abdoul Karim Cissé[edit]

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Cissé does not seem to meet the inclusion criteria for footballers. He does not play in a fully professional legaue, and being on a national team alone is not grounds for inclusion. The coverage is not enough to meet the general notability guidelines. John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:08, 20 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy keep He's played for the Ivory Coast national team, which means he passes WP:NFOOTY (playing for a national team is grounds for inclusion). Number 57 09:52, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Being a member of a national team is not grounds for inclusion. Playing with a national team in a Tier 1 competition is, but the article merely says he is a member of a national team, it does not identify that he played in any games as such, let alone Tier 1 games.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:42, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm not sure about the phrasing of "being a member of a national team" as that can imply being in the squad but not necessarily playing. However, playing for a national team is grounds for inclusion as friendly matches are also Tier 1 International matches. His article states that he has made 3 appearances for the national team and if you go to the first reference (his Soccerway profile) you can see the matches listed that he has been involved in (some as an unsed sub but others (like this, a friendly against Equatorial Guinea) in which he has actually played). Number 57
• Keep, passes WP:NFOOTY - has played international football per this match report. Apparently African Nations Championship games are now considered full internationals. Hack (talk) 03:54, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - further to User:Johnpacklambert's earlier comment, participation in a tier 1 international match is sufficient, not tier 1 competition. For what it's worth, African Nations Championships matches are recorded as friendlies by FIFA per the last link in my last comment. Hack (talk) 16:47, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Keep - subject of the article clearly passes WP:NFOOTY, the subject has played in an international tournament (the African Nations Championship) and thus comfortably satisfies the WP:NFOOTY requirements. Even if the Hack's comment is correct and the African Nations Championship is really counted as a friendly, that still satisfies the requirement as the subject of the article appeared for his national team either way. Inter&anthro (talk) 05:28, 23 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

My point was that a friendly is still a tier 1 international per WP:NFOOTY. Hack (talk) 05:51, 23 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes sorry it appears that I misinterpreted your post, either though I think we agree that this tournament the subject took part in is recognized as an international match — whether it be seen as a competitive match or a friendly. Inter&anthro (talk) 07:03, 23 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone 12:51, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 12:52, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep - has played in international matches for his country, meets WP:NFOOTBALL. GiantSnowman 13:04, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - passes WP:NFOOTBALL having played in a senior international match. Kosack (talk) 16:49, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:24, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy Keep - clearly meets WP:NFOOTBALL from the references in the article. I can't comprehend how this was nominated. Nfitz (talk) 19:03, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Nfitz: Given who the nominator is and his history of afd-ing without appropriate research, I sure can --- PageantUpdater (talk) 13:48, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I don't normally pay attention to who is nominating, but I note that even after this discussion, they've nominated 3 more national teams players today. Perhaps User:Johnpacklambert can explain why he is doing this. I'm wondering if a trip to WP:ANI might be in order. Nfitz (talk) 18:09, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Nfitz: Different sport, but you should see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gaetan Augsburger as well --- PageantUpdater (talk) 21:56, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Nfitz: @PageantUpdater: One more that may be worth looking at as well. Kosack (talk) 22:56, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy Keep per NFOOTBALL. Smmurphy^(Talk) 19:13, 25 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy keep per above. Yet again a lack of research shown by nominator. --- PageantUpdater (talk) 13:48, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - if there is any real evidence that he played for even a minute on the national team, then he passes. Bearian (talk) 05:13, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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