Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tajiat Olympic Stadium

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The result was keep. Vanamonde (Talk) 22:29, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tajiat Olympic Stadium

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Currently sourced by mostly primary and unreliable sources. Searches did not turn up enough in-depth coverage to pass WP:GNG. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 14:27, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Architecture, Football, and Iraq. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 14:34, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:04, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of football stadiums in Iraq, not notable separately. Giant Snowman 16:52, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep I see notability here, it will only get stronger over time. Either that or send to draft space, but I feel there is just enough to warrant the article. Govvy (talk) 17:08, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I'm not sure how a new 60,000 seat stadium would ever not be notable. A quick google search finds one, two, and three, in addition to the references already in the article. Before failure. Can you review User:GiantSnowman? Nfitz (talk) 10:22, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sources are questionable - this is a proposed stadium, no doubt notable if/when it gets built... Giant Snowman 19:38, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's not proposed. It's well under construction. You can even see it in the airphoto on Google Maps. Heck, if they don't finish it for some reason, an abandoned 60,000 seat stadium would also be notable - when's the last time that happened? Besides - it meets GNG with these sources. In what way do you think they are questionable User:GiantSnowman? There's more sources ... I thought three was enough. Nfitz (talk) 05:46, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Construction finally started in 2013, however by 2022, the stadium is still not completed, with the head of Ministry of Youth and Sports and Iraqi Football Association president Adnan Dirjal saying that the stadium construction is on hold as they are waiting for more money to complete it as it requires a lot of money". Giant Snowman 18:14, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see you are finding significant coverage too! No, the stadium isn't finished yet - but it's well underway! The question here is the notability - not the construction status. Even proposed projects can be notable, let alone those under construction! Nfitz (talk) 16:54, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

keep Nfitz has a point about its notability and the article does not look bad. Pelmeen10 (talk) 02:20, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Per above. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 05:13, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Discarding a couple of contributions above which don't add much to the policy discussion here, no consensus has yet formed and there are unaswered questions from GS to those !voting keep. Relisting.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 22:34, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - seems like it makes notability WesSirius (talk) 00:40, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, A big stadium with 60.000 seats should be notable. Alex-h (talk) 08:30, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 18:58, 20 January 2023 (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.