Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Igor Anić

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The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) asilvering (talk) 16:42, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Igor Anić

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WP:BLP of a handball player, not properly sourced as passing inclusion criteria for sportspeople.
As always, sports figures are not "inherently" notable just because they exist, and have to show evidence of passing certain tests above and beyond merely existing — but Wikipedia:Notability (sports) doesn't list any specific inclusion criteria for handball at all, which means it's WP:GNG or bust. This currently cites absolutely no sources at all, however, and even going back into its edit history, it's only ever cited primary sources in the past, and has never had any GNG-worthy reliable sourcing in it at all.
As I don't have access to the French or Bosniak media databases that would have to be checked for archival sourcing from 10 or 20 years ago, I'm perfectly willing to withdraw this if somebody who does have access to such resources can find enough to salvage it — but absolutely nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to have any proper sourcing. Bearcat (talk) 15:35, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and France. Bearcat (talk) 15:35, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
French wikipedia has a great deal more content and sources - seems to have a good chance at notability if he's still playing top-tier handball in his late 30s when he started over 20 years ago. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:03, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, this is pretty obviously a topic that has WP:POTENTIAL. It's doubtful it's going to be impossible to source an article about a top-level sportsperson, it just needs work. --Joy (talk) 17:04, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Handball-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:01, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Could not be any more notable within handball, as a European and World champion and Champions League winner. The problem is not a lack of available sources, but that there are too many sources. Examples: [1] [2] [3]. Geschichte (talk) 22:41, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Shadow311 (talk) 15:49, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Look at the French wiki page and there is no discussion any more if he is notable or not. 🤾‍♂️ Malo95 (talk) 10:42, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Geschichte and Malo95: Could one of you add something to this article? As it stands this is currently an unsourced BLP. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:40, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sure! Geschichte (talk) 12:09, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: I agree with User:BeanieFan11, please add a reliable source to the article if you want it to be Kept as it is an unsourced BLP right now.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:33, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Article has been sourced an expanded. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:38, 10 March 2024 (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.