Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roland Rexviashvili

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 keep. John254 01:53, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Roland Rexviashvili[edit]

Fails WP:BIO as not playing in a professional league. Whether it is the top league of a country is utterly irrelevant, in accord with our guidelines. Punkmorten (talk) 21:27, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: playing for one of the leading clubs in Azerbaijan is sufficient notability, as far as I'm concerned, and as far as I can tell, FK Baku is a fully professional club. What concerns me though is that he's not included in the Current squad section of the article, and gets only nine google hits, this Wikipedia article and eight mirrors. Aecis^Brievenbus 22:48, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Rexviashvili appears to be listed here. I'm not sure this is a reliable source, but if the article can be verified, I'm inclined to !vote keep. A ecis^Brievenbus 00:38, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:53, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh c'mon, his club regularly plays in European cup quals. Strong keep. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 08:08, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's not the issue. FK Baku certainly exists (note that they are the team at 5 in that league, not FK Olimpik Baku). The difficulty is in establishing whether Rexviashvili plays for them. Notwithstanding Aecis' reference above, this doesn't mention him (though I note they don't list anybody at number 11, so perhaps it's an omission). More digging...Tonywalton ^Talk 10:16, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dug... ~~Keep~~. A Google search for Roland Rexiashvili comes up with several germane-looking hits. I say germane-"looking" because the one that looks definitive, http://www.bakifc.com/index.php?sub=1&sid=5&lang=eng has some sort of a problem. (the eufo.de link I gave above mentions bakifc.com as the FK Baku website). However the Google summary for that page reads "11, Rexviashvili Alexander Roland, half-back, 06.08.1974, 180, 76, Georgia.". http://www.myteamlist.co.uk/club.php?clubid=755 also mentions him. ~~I'd say "strong" keep if he were mentioned on, say, the BBC or UEFA.~~ Tonywalton ^Talk 10:29, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[1], FC Baku's site is dead, but here's its cached version (his profile), ow yeah, he played in Russia too[2], and if you search for normal transliteration of his surname instead of Azeri one, you'll find more[3], including BBC. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 10:30, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not to mention he's a national team player[4]. MaxSem^{(Han shot first!)} 10:45, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Changing to Strong Keep per MaxSem. Tonywalton ^Talk 10:39, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. After reviewing the sources and the information, this person is easily notable enough for Wikipedia. He plays for the leading club in Azerbaijan, has played for one of the leading clubs in Russia, and has played for the national football team of Georgia in at least one Euro 2004 qualifying match. I would recommend having a discussion about the title of the article though: Roland Rexviashvili or Roland Rekhviashvili. A ecis^Brievenbus 21:55, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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