Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohammed Fellah

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep: as far as I can tell, players who have played for their country's youth sides are considered notable enough to have an article. See England_national_under-21_football_team#Current_and_recent_players for example. --- Deville (Talk) 22:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mohammed Fellah

Non-notable youth footballer, appears to fail vanity guidelines (WP:VANITY), as well as being non-neutral point of view (WP:NPOV). Original author has only contributed to this article, so possibly an autobiography. Bob talk 15:21, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Not NPOV and generates only 538 hits on Google. As Bob Castle mentioned, the article may be an autobiography. --Nishkid64 15:41, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep - He is a junior national squad player. The article needs cleanup, but POV is not a reason to delete. If sourced and cleaned, this article should be kept. -- Whpq 15:59, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment - Is junior national squad player enough to warrant an article on Wikipedia? --Nishkid64 16:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Roughly speaking, yes WilyD 16:07, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

• This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related deletions. Scottmsg 16:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Roughly speaking, no. Strong delete. Punkmorten 16:45, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. NN, possibly V. -Kmaguir1 21:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Neutral. Although I originally nominated this article, it has been cleaned-up to an acceptable standard, including removing the POV. Whether he is notable or not is still an issue, though. Bob talk 11:56, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
• I think being named as the fourth best 17-year-old footballer in Norway counts as notable enough (For those who understand Norwegian). Keep Sam Vimes | Address me 14:20, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment. Fourth best 17 year old in Norway? That's not notable enough. Being fourth best in one country, at the age of 17, doesn't mean anything until he actually goes pro and shows prowess at his sport. If he goes into pro club ball (if that's what they call it), then I would be all for making this guy's article. --Nishkid64 14:54, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Fine, if that's your opinion on notability. I'll keep mine, and also note that he has played games for Vålerenga, but not in the domestic league (he has played as a substitute in the Royal League). Sam Vimes | Address me 15:59, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Appearance in a proper U-17 match constitutes claim of notability. --Pkchan 17:21, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. He has been on the bench twice this season, against Rosenborg and Viking. He signed professional contract with Vålerenga this summer, he's part of their squad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.210.96.206 (talk • contribs) 17:30, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
• comment I don't really know much about football so I don't think I can vote, but it seems to me that people who know sports know who this guy is and thus would be notable. mathewguiver 19:58, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - as per unsigned.--Kitrus 11:59, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - He is in the squad of the current Norwegian champions. If this article is deleted, articles like Ryan Bertrand and Thomas Heaton also should be deleted, players in professional football clubs but without any senior matches...Arnemann 21:45, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, as he played for the Norway U-17 national team. --Carioca 23:37, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.