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The result was keep. Kurykh (talk) 00:46, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Marcelo Allende[edit]

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Non notable footballer that fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. This footballer has only played in the third tier in Chile, which is not a fully proffessional league per WP:FPL and in youth international matches which is not enough for WP:NFOOTBALL. Also discussed shortly at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football#Marcelo Allende before going to AfD. Qed237 (talk) 22:46, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Qed237 (talk) 22:48, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Seems to me to pass WP:GNG with mentions of Arsenal trials and interest as well as mentions of his feats with Chile youth teams, including captaining. --SuperJew (talk) 22:56, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Nfitz (talk) 02:47, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL, Routine coverage about a minor player trialling with a big club is not significant and is WP:BLP1E in any event. GiantSnowman 08:12, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. WP:TOOSOON. Subject fails WP:NFOOTY because he hasn't played either in a fully professional league or at senior international level. Tabloid-website coverage of trials at Arsenal, hung on his playing in the same position as the club's existing high-profile Chilean player, doesn't come close to GNG. Re-create when he plays professionally. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 11:26, 4 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep per Gricehead's comments in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football#Marcelo Allende, I do belive this player has played in a professional match or two. However all that being said I think this is a case of WP:TOOSOON, very few footballers pass WP:NFOOTY & WP:GNG at the tender age of 17 and regardless if the article is deleted or not it almost certainly would have to be expanded or restarted in the future. Inter&anthro (talk) 02:51, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete - Fails NFOOTY as has not played or managed senior international football nor played or managed in a fully professional league. No indication that subject has garnered significant reliable coverage for any other achievements to satisfy GNG. The references provided in the article are simply routine transfer talk. Fenix down (talk) 13:16, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - sources provide below indicate GNG, significant profiles / interviews with the player. Fenix down (talk) 07:50, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep I would say delete but this guy signing for Arsenal is getting alot of coverage. The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Star], it goes on [1]. I would like to point out that footballer Wayne Shaw was kept at afd a few weeks ago, and he also fails WP:NFOOTY, so just failure of this guideline is not really a good enough reason to delete. Evandro Rachoni De Lima is another example. AlessandroTiandelli333 (talk) 16:16, 10 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - reformulating the query above I get a rather astonishing 6,370 Google news hits. One (at least) meets WP:GNG. With a slightly different Google News query I'm seeing more articles that meet WP:GNG such as two, three, four. On the Spanish version of this article I find five. I also note there are Ukranian and Mandarin Chinese versions of this article. Nfitz (talk) 01:49, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - enough independent sources and media coverage to satisfy WP:GNG. --Jimbo^[online] 21:15, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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