Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ghulam Nabi (footballer)

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:43, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ghulam Nabi (footballer)[edit]

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PROD with contested with the rationale "Remove Prod. Played in 3 games for a team in the Pakistan Premier League, the top professional football league in Pakistan", but the PPL is not a fully-professional league, meaning that he fails WP:NFOOTBALL. He also fails WP:GNG. Giant Snowman 09:34, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Giant Snowman 09:36, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
He seems to have won the 2009 PPL Goalkeeper of the Year award, which is a bit more impressive - I suspect therefore the source that shows him only playing 3 games is incomplete. 81.142.107.230 (talk) 11:36, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It wouldn't matter if he has played in three games or three hundred - he has not played in a fully-professional league, so fails WP:NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 11:40, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Mattythewhite (talk) 14:04, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - as original PROD'er. This footballer fails WP:GNG, and has not played in a fully pro league, meaning he fails WP:NSPORT. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:14, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom – the Pakistani top division is not fully professional, thus his article fails WP:NFOOTY. – Kosm1 fent 17:30, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The Pakistan Premier League is a fully professional league. All players get payed. It is at the top of the Pakistani pyramid. Just because Pakistan is not on the fully-professional league list, does not mean it isn't a fully professional league. The articles says the list of leagues is incomplete. Morocco, Angola and Cameroon leagues have been added to the list over the last few months. Bgwhite (talk) 18:18, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can you provide a source to back that up? Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:23, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've searched for sources that might indicate the league's fully professional status and I've come across this (dated 29 December 2011), which states the Geo Super Football League "can be considered as arguably the closest thing to a fully professional set-up, Pakistani football has ever produced." This would indicate that the Pakistan Premier League is not fully pro. Although, I've also found this (dated 11 January 2012), which seems to imply that the PPL is becoming professional, although the language isn't too clear. Mattythewhite (talk) 18:37, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:27, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

While I agree on the first source, the way I read the second one is that PPL is just going fully pro now, suggesting it wasn't in 2010 when Mr. Nabi made his appearances. In any case, both sources are too vague to prove or disprove anything. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:57, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Argyle 4 Life^talk 16:29, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. --Reckless182 (talk) 12:29, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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