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 no consensus‎. Discussion is trending keep, with editors claiming to have found significant coverage in Arabic. However, no discussion of these sources occurred, and late keep !votes were not adequately grounded in policy, due to either brevity or to the misindentification of WP:FPL, which is not a current policy or guideline and does not have any weight at this time. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 15:29, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Abdulaziz Al-Elewai (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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No indication of wp:notability under GNG or SNG. The only sources are dtatbase type entries on web sites, and the few sentences of text are just basic database type facts. North8000 (talk) 22:21, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewed during NPP.

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football, and Saudi Arabia. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:21, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - have you bothered checking Arabic-language sources? Those would be very relevant to determine notability. Also, I think that the current name for the player is not the most commonly used English transliteration, so I would double check that too when looking for English-language sources. Paul Vaurie (talk) 07:46, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - from my limited understanding of how to do research in Arabic, I'm finding sources like this which is SIGCOV, and I'm sure there are plenty of other sources. Player seems to be playing for a club with a large amount of press coverage for his country, and has won an international trophy at youth level for Saudi Arabia. I would say keep and improve the article rather than deleting it and having someone recreate it in a couple month's time. At the very very worst if no other sources are found, draftify. Paul Vaurie (talk) 07:56, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 19:33, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Drafify - not currently notable, but might be in future. GiantSnowman 19:40, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 05:11, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - @GiantSnowman:, Per Paul Vaurie. I found [1], [2], among may more Arabic sources. Young player with ongoing fully pro career in one of most famous Saudi teams. Article needs improvement, not deletion. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 23:24, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  I'm not proposing deletion. GiantSnowman 17:48, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:37, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep a few Arabic sources out there if you bother to look, nothing much Englis-hwise however. Thief-River-Faller (talk) 21:45, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep notable player. Freinland (talk) 08:10, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: according to our WP:FPL, Footballers who have played a full international match for their country are deemed notable, and thus do not have to meet the specific notability criteria at this page.. The policy may very well be too permissive, but as long as we have it in place, the choice is clear. Owen× ☎ 14:18, 9 December 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.