Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2014 Juan Martín del Potro tennis season

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 delete. Yunshui ^雲 _水 11:37, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2014 Juan Martín del Potro tennis season

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While this article is in line with tennis notability guidelines (only players who have won a grand slam event are entitled to a player season article) it is logical to additionally require that a minimum amount (25–30) of matches are played in a season to validate an article. Due to Del Potro's injury this season does not meet that requirement. See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Tennis/Article guidelines#Article types and recommended practices Wolbo (talk) 10:14, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me 11:04, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Non-notable single season of an individual tennis player. As has been discussed in another recent AfD (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2013 Maria Sharapova tennis season), the relevant notability standards for any article that is not governed by a specific notability guideline (see, e.g., WP:NSPORTS) are the general notability guidelines per WP:GNG. At present, there is no specific notability guidelines that governs individual seasons or years of an athlete's career. Therefore, in order to be considered "notable" for inclusion in Wikipedia as a stand-alone article, any such single season or year of an athlete's career must have received significant coverage in multiple, independent, reliable sources per GNG, keeping in mind that this is not an article about Juan Martin del Potro (for whom there is already a stand-alone article) or the the 2014 tournaments in which he played (for which there are already stand-alone articles), but about "Juan Martin del Potro's 2014 season." In my estimation, that specific subject fails GNG for lack of significant coverage. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 12:12, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I was previously involved with discussions about the nominated article for deletion "2013 Maria Sharapova tennis season" Ihe fact that he's been out of the tour for over six months now through injury means no significant notable coverage of his "2014 tennis season" has been generated to warrant it's inclusion.--Navops47 (talk) 14:53, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Dirtlawyer. Cbl62 (talk) 15:35, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, not notable enough. Kierzek (talk) 01:57, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, He has had a slamless season. Sightless on tour is another reason. This is a nothing of a season for him, poor dude.AdditionSubtraction (talk) 03:53, 8 September 2014 (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.