Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mokhtar Amalou

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. ✗plicit 10:54, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mokhtar Amalou[edit]

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Being FIFA listed and refereeing a couple of minor finals is not enough to keep an article on a referee in lieu of passing WP:GNG; see deletion discussions for Michael Kennedy (referee), Angelo Nardi (referee), Ronald Gutiérrez (referee) and several others from the past 12 months that clearly show consensus towards the need for significant coverage.

Searches of "مختارامالو" return zero useful coverage and only direct Wikipedia mirrors. Searches of "Mokhtar Amalou" come up with nothing better than basic stats pages like World Football and Playmaker Stats. His World Referee page does contain some info but it's not clear where it comes from. According to this, World Referee takes emails from people if unsure about a referee so it's likely that the World Referee is entirely user submitted information and therefore unreliable.

It's also worth noting that the creator of this article is an WP:SPA clearly here only to promote Amalou; see warnings at User talk:Zombrito. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:17, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:17, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:17, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Algeria-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:17, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:19, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This referee is so popular his new haircut gets a mention! [1], however as you said, a fair number results popup in mirror sites of wikipedia and he has a fair number of profiles across the footy-verse profile websites. I saw a couple of match report articles mention him, but I didn't see a lot that suggests any depth. I am kinda on the fence here. Govvy (talk) 12:09, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The about us section for Hairlebrity doesn't give me great confidence in the quality and accuracy of its journalism. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:35, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You know I threw that in there as a joke right? heh. Govvy (talk) 12:47, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, don't worry, just thought I'd play along with it Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:49, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I just tried to run his name on aps.dz the Algerian Press Service, strangely no results! :/ Govvy (talk) 13:02, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's quite telling. I always have my concerns when an article on an obscure football-related person is created by an SPA. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 14:17, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - no evidence of notability. Giant Snowman 17:07, 9 December 2021 (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.