Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stéphane Masala

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 13:35, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Stéphane Masala

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Starting a discussion at request of User:Paul Vaurie on WT:FOOTY. The concern is that the subject does not appear to meet WP:GNG or WP:NFOOTBALL. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:52, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Neutral: if there is no exception for cup finals for WP:NFOOTY, then this fails WP:NFOOTY. The second question is if this article meets GNG or not. Personally, I'm not sure.
Change to keep. Passes GNG. Paul Vaurie (talk) 01:03, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails GNG and NFOOTBALL. I am surprised there isn't any in-depth coverage given their achievements, but the Cup final aspect does not confer automatic notability. Giant Snowman 11:29, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I'd say there's enough subject-specific coverage to meet GNG. There's obviously a lot of stuff around the cup run, particularly ahead of the final, but a fair bit does focus on Masala himself, e.g.: [1] in Le Figaro hung on the fact that the club had to pay a fine of €1170 each match because he didn't have the qualifications required to manage in the Championnat, [2] a lengthy interview in Le Parisien, [3] in Goal.com with input from different figures in his past, [4] piece hung on his history as former captain of US Orléans in the regional daily La République du Centre. There's also stuff from his playing days, e.g [5] interview-based piece in the same newspaper from 2013 ahead of his first return to Orléans as a player after 8 years away.

As an aside, Google is truly awful these days. It appears to only supply the first result it comes across for any given domain, and you have to guess whether it'd be worthwhile to do a site-specific search on each individual site. In the relatively recent past, I've done decent-ish research on French players using Google, e.g Franck Julienne, Pierre Lemonnier, but I don't think I'd have the stamina now. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 11:38, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I agree with Struway2 that there is enough coverage out there, even when limited to online sources. Excellent finds. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 14:08, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The sources found by Struway2 demonstrate that there is sufficient coverage of Masala to pass GNG. Microwave Anarchist (talk) 15:42, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the sources above, appears to pass WP:GNG. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:58, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep meets WP:GNG --Kemalcan (talk) 09:15, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Agree to keep per Struway2, @Spiderone: This is your nomination, you could withdraw it! heh. Govvy (talk) 12:34, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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