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 delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:54, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Naanol Tesfaye (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

PROD contested, no reason given. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Coverage is simply of the "young talent gets transfer linked to big club" variety, not significant or notable. GiantSnowman 19:59, 18 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 20:00, 18 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The player has reccived a national team call up, here in Ethiopia he's getting super-attention therefor a wiki is placed for him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shimelis Bekkele (talk • contribs) 20:28, 18 February 2018 (UTC) --Note: This user is a sock of Josh.172 (talk · contribs) per Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Josh.172. Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 04:09, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Shimelis Bekkele: Call-up isn't appearance. Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 00:38, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 00:06, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 00:06, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sweden-related deletion discussions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 00:06, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Too soon. The subject of this article, a 14-year-old child, has apparently been called up to his country's under-17 squad. For notability as a footballer, the criteria at WP:NFOOTY state explicitly that players must have played in a senior international match or in a fully professional league, and that "Youth players are not notable unless they satisfy one of the statements above, or if they can be shown to meet the wider requirements of WP:GNG." As Mr Tesfaye clearly doesn't satisfy either of those statements, we consider WP:GNG, which requires significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject and of each other. The article contains a string of sources, but most are fansites or self-publishing websites from the first 20 Google search results. Of the very few that may be reliable, the content is as nominator states, routine transfer gossip, which is not enough. I can find nothing not already in the article that would bring this subject any closer to passing GNG. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 11:13, 19 February 2018 (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 sources provided are either blogs, routine transfer talk or "isn't this guy going to be amazing" speculation. Fenix down (talk) 13:00, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. The player has played in Vasalund IF therefor in regards to playing in a professional league*(Division 1 - SE)*. Therefor player is subject to note as that includes into pro-leagues. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shimelis Bekkele (talk • contribs) --Note: This user is a sock of Josh.172 (talk · contribs) per Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Josh.172. Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 04:08, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• The Swedish third division is not fully professional per WP:FPL -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:00, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • And even if it were, he hasn't played in it: being registered to a club whose first team is a member of a particular league isn't the same as playing in that league. The Swedish Federation website is comprehensive, and the only results it gives are for under-14 and under-15 level matches. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:45, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The player as referred as mr. Tesfaye has played accordingly in pro-league as in *SE(Sweden) Vasalund IF which is the club in regards to the player includes in the Division 1-Sweden which is a professional league according to Swedish Football Association/SVFF*. In regards to sources the subject has been in radio including TV therefor sources are reliable. In regards to this the player may not suit the national team requirment as mr. Tesfaye has only reccived a call up to Ethiopia but has not made his senior debut with the national team yet, but he do fall into the pro-league requirement making him suited for a note. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josh.172 (talk • contribs) 18:37, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

For info, above editor is the article's creator -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:18, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete or Userfy A couple of citations doesn't help, the kid still fails WP:NFOOTY. Govvy (talk) 11:38, 20 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Fail WP:NFOOTBALL Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 09:54, 22 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Suits WP:NFOOTBALL because the player mr. Tesfaye was registrered and played competitive through Vasalund IF in their professional league, and according to the Swedish Football Association as explained above, Vasalund IF played in the Division 1 which is a professional league in regards to the Association. Therefor mr. Tesfaye suits WP:NFOOTBALL and should be noted. Update Looking at what Struway2 said; yes you're right, after checking reports the player has been playing in the U16 & 15 leagues and from what I know he hasn't played in the senior team within the Division 1. His national team call-up still brings him up for a note in terms of recognition in major media within african TV and newspapers, but this is up to you, as a football reporter; I am for a note however.Ethiopiancast101 (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ethiopiancast101 (talk • contribs) 21:19, 23 February 2018 (UTC) --Note: This user is a sock of Josh.172 (talk · contribs) per Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Josh.172. Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 04:08, 25 February 2018 (UTC) — Ethiopiancast101 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
  • Above editor has mysteriously popped up from nowhere, having never edited before...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:27, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am also afraid that !keep voters are socks of the creator, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Josh.172, thanks! Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 10:58, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • @ChrisTheDude: All 3 !keep voters are the same person per SPI. Hhhhhkohhhhh (talk) 14:40, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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.