Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohamed Taidara

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The result was delete. Stifle (talk) 14:11, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mohamed Taidara[edit]

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PROD'ed twice. Article asserts no professional appearances, and thus he fails WP:ATHLETE. Some previous information alleged a selection in the Senegal National team (information has been proved as beeing a forgery). Previous information alleged to that he is member of Cardiff team : nothing provable. Previous information alleged that he was member of Manchester City FC : no reliable source proved that. Instead of all that, the player has been banished from french football for 10 or 15 years in january 2010 ([1] & [2]) Loreleil (talk) 07:57, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Further information of alleged hoax in the Wikiproject Football : [3] and [4] Loreleil (talk) 09:01, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:49, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Person clearly fails WP:ATHLETE. He never played for the first team of Paris StGermain, which is the only fully-pro club there's any genuine evidence of his being registered with. The rest of his "career" is a nice little hoax, and all it's got him (all three of him) is a lengthy ban from football. The only possible claim to general notability would be as a hoaxer, and I wouldn't have thought there was enough significant media coverage for that. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 11:21, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I agree completely with Struway on this. As a footballer, he's non-notable, having never played a professional competitive match, and there is insufficient coverage to merit keeping this article under WP:GNG. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:05, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:26, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I tried to establish notability on the article but he fails WP:ATHLETE and much of the information appears to be a hoax. EuroPride (talk) 11:16, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: fairly clear hoax in my opinion, doesn't meet WP:ATHLETE in any case. -- Big Dom 18:45, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I don't know what's gone wrong over the last 18 months for this fella but the former starlet still doesn't appear to have played a first team match. He fails WP:ATH. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:26, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Based on this french news, the starlet seemed, at the time of the interview you linked, to already be in big trouble for forged identity and was probably already trying to do some forgery ;) Loreleil (talk) 12:53, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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