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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk, contributions) 19:21, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
Erick Opoku
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This article was PRODed with the rationale "Unable to find any reliable sources that verify these claims. Links given are broken or do not mention him. There is another Eric Opoku who played with the national under-17 team but he does not have the nickname Diego. I suspect this is made up, like the author's other articles." The next day, the article's author removed the PROD and added more material. But the PROD rationale still stands - there are no sources in the article that even mention him, and I can find no evidence of him other than a Facebook account that might be him. Boing! said Zebedee ( talk) 12:18, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- Note: As we can see from the first version, this article was initially copied from Eric Opoku. Boing! said Zebedee ( talk) 12:42, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- Delete under rationale of original proposed deletion. ... discospinster talk 13:12, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. 94rain Talk 13:50, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ghana-related deletion discussions. 94rain Talk 13:50, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. 94rain Talk 13:50, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- Delete the article because two reason, first it's not notable itself and second the lack of enough reliable sources that cover the subject. Forest90 ( talk) 13:52, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- Comment I have no idea what to do with this. There are a number of sources which actually do mention an Erick Opoku playing for Dynamos [1] [2] [3] [4] There's also a mention of the possible other Erick Opoku here [5]. Other references I've found, though not necessarily passing GNG, include [6] and [7], but I'm not sure if it's about the same footballer. Further complicating things is it appears "Eric Opoku" is also a soccer journalist and the regional minister of Brong-Ahafo region, but "Eric Opoku" clearly exists per Soccerway. I have no idea what to do with this, but I think we have to delete for now even though there's some level of verification with the Zimbabwe press reports. SportingFlyer T· C 21:01, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- Delete – This one is like a puzzle, you have to analyze both possibilities: that Eric Opoku and Erick Opoku are one and the same, a single Ghanian footballer who played in the Ghana Premier League and the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League in the 2010s, in which case, this article, Erick Opoku, should be deleted as a WP:FORK or duplicate of Eric Opoku (relevant content, once verified, can be merged), because we should only have one article about the subject. On the other hand, if Erick Opoku is a different Ghanian footballer, who played in Zimbabwe for the Dynamos while Eric Opoku was playing in Ghana, then the Erick Opoku article should be deleted because Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League isn't listed on WP:FPL and there's no evidence of the subject meeting WP:NFOOTY, and none of the sources in the article or in this AfD even come close to meeting WP:GNG. In sum, neither Eric nor Erick Opoku meet GNG, but Eric Opoku meets NFOOTY (via Soccerway and other refs put forward here), while Erick Opoku does not. – Leviv ich 05:37, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. – Leviv ich 06:14, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
- Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 07:37, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
- Delete. With the current refs this fails WP:V. I don't see how "Erick Opoku" meeets GNG. And we have an article on Eric. Icewhiz ( talk) 12:57, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
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