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. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:05, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Captain Bashir (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Article fails WP:GNG. Simione001 (talk) 00:05, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. Simione001 (talk) 00:05, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Simione001 (talk) 00:05, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Simione001 (talk) 00:05, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 08:25, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found please ping me. GiantSnowman 08:27, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • @GiantSnowman:--Ortizesp (talk) 01:13, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - can't read Arabic but will AGF that sources below are SIGCOV as claimed. GiantSnowman 07:34, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Question Is Captain really his first name, or is it an army title? Govvy (talk) 11:18, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Looks like his legal first name. Ortizesp (talk) 17:17, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Yes, see this FuzzyMagma (talk) 11:01, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, passes GNG with significant coverage under his Arabic name الكابتن بشير. Some sources here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Proper BEFORE not done.--Ortizesp (talk) 01:13, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sudan-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:38, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: I am scratching my head to grasp why the article is even nominated for deletion. Easily passes Wikipedia:Notability (sports) as part of the Sudan national football team and plays in the Sudanese Premier league. See the coverage under his arabic name

FuzzyMagma (talk) 10:58, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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