Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Coverdale

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. Doczilla _{@SUPERHEROLOGIST} 01:07, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Coverdale

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Fails WP:GNG with a lack of WP:SIGCOV from third-party reliable sources. The "Island School" source in the article covers him for a few sentences but is not independent. Passing mentions like this don't qualify either. JTtheOG (talk) 03:50, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Rugby union, and Hong Kong. JTtheOG (talk) 03:50, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Hong Kong national rugby sevens team (with the history preserved under the redirect), where the subject is currently mentioned twice. I did not find significant coverage in reliable sources in my searches for sources about Michael Coverdale (traditional Chinese: 高凡戴爾; simplified Chinese: 高凡戴尔). The subject does not meet Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. A redirect will allow for a selective merge and for the redirect to be undone if significant coverage in reliable sources is found in the future. Cunard (talk) 08:47, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete While this player did have a reasonable international career for the lesser rugby union nation of Hong Kong, I'm failing to see significant coverage. Cunard above seems to have done a non-English language search and found nothing different either. Personally, I disagree with the redirect here, as there's a number of different locations for redirect. He's played rugby sevens, rugby 15s, in a sevens World Cup, etc so I don't think there is a singular suitable redirect. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 09:01, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Is Michael Coverdale's playing "rugby sevens, rugby 15s, and in a sevens World Cup" all on behalf of the Hong Kong national rugby sevens team? Or did he play some of those on behalf of other teams? If the playing is all on behalf of Hong Kong national rugby sevens team, then I think that article is a good place to redirect to. Cunard (talk) 15:49, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

He's played for Hong Kong at sevens, Hong Kong at 15s and at a rugby sevens World Cup, these could all be potential redirect targets, redirecting to just one may well likely confuse the reader, or not be what the reader is looking for. Rugbyfan22 (talk) 16:24, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:46, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Mixed support for a redirect (and, if so, which one?), looking for other opinions.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:08, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - does not have the WP:SIGCOV required for an article and I'm not seeing a clear and obvious redirect that would be beneficial to the reader. Once he is no longer in the current squad, it's unlikely he'll be mentioned at all at Hong Kong national rugby sevens team anyway. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:43, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, I concur with the delete !voters above in that a redirect in this instance would not really be a helpful or beneficial alternative and outright deletion is probably the better option. No indication of the needed WP:SIGCOV to warrant an article. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:18, 29 August 2022 (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.