Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dick van Dijk (darts player)

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The result was withdrawn by nominator. — Mikehawk10 (talk) 21:25, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Dick van Dijk (darts player)[edit]

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Fails WP:BASIC. — Mikehawk10 (talk) 20:24, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 21:17, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Netherlands-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 21:17, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. A search through LexisNexis yielded the following secondary independent in-depth coverage that makes this darting world champion easily pass WP:GNG (the archives of those newspaper's websites unfortunately don't go this far back):

"Dick van Dijk zit Van Barneveld op de hielen" (Dick van Dijk is on Van Barneveld's heels) – De Gelderlander (6 November 2003)

"Darter Van Dijk wereldkampioen" (Darter Van Dijk world champion) – NU.nl (1 October 2005)

"Dick van Dijk grijpt in Perth wereldtitel darts" (Dick van Dijk takes darting world title in Perth) – Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant (3 October 2005)

"Voorop: Dick van Dijk is opvolger van Barney" (In front: Dick van Dijk is successor of Barney) – Brabants Dagblad (3 October 2005)

"Darter Dick van Dijk voor zware opgave" (Darter Dick van Dijk at the beginning of a tough task) – De Telegraaf (20 October 2005)

"Dick van Dijk slaapt in ander bed bij zijn 'thuiswedstrijd'" (Dick van Dijk sleeps in a different bed ahead of his 'home game') – De Gelderlander (5 May 2006)

Tristan Surtel (talk) 15:35, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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