Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edison Joseph

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The result was keep. Tone 12:52, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Edison Joseph[edit]

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Unsourced unverifiable WP:BLP. There is an OTRS ticket, 2009122210065592, in which it is claimed that the correct name of this football player is "Adeseun Joseph Adekunle". My Google searches find no reliable source that confirms even the existence of this man under either name, although that may be because according to the article he has been active mainly in countries that do not use the Latin alphabet (Iran and China). Still, if we don't have a reliable source for this article, it needs to go per WP:BLP and WP:V. Sandstein 21:10, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:41, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment. Here are some sources:
Game report.

WorldFootball.net transaction report on his transfer to the Chinese team.

With the existence of the person suitably proven, and the fact that this person certainly qualifies as notable, from having played professionally, perhaps the nominator might consider a withdrawal of this nomination? U A 04:11, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but I can't evaluate the reliability of these sources. Maybe other editors who know more about sports can? Sandstein 07:14, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

They're reliable on their face. Now that GiantSnowman has concurred, your question of whether he exists or not should be well-answered. I'd again ask you to consider withdrawing this nomination. U A 14:05, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. Giant Snowman 12:20, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - the match report proves that this individual has played - and scored! - in a fully-professional league, andhe therefore meets WP:ATHLETE. Giant Snowman 12:23, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Giant Snowman. matt91486 (talk) 22:12, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep he plays in a notable professional league, and I have added the above match report reference to the article. Eldumpo (talk) 09:37, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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