Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike King (fighter)

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The result was delete. Sandstein 10:25, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mike King (fighter)[edit]

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Subject is a mixed martial arts fighter. Has only one top tier fight which he lost back in ~~1914~~ 2014, 4.5 years ago - see HERE. Fails WP:MMABIO. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 06:14, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 06:14, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 06:14, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ohio-related deletion discussions. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 06:14, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. If the 1983 birthdate is true, then losing a fight in 1914 would make him a time traveler. Instant notability and he'd be on the cover of Scientific American. Khemehekis (talk) 07:06, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - apologies for the typo mistake. Corrected. It was 2014 instead of 1914. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 07:10, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, delete. We can't have an article on every mixed martial-arts fighter ever. And athletes (and politicians) already have very loose notability standards on Wikipedia. It seems that when I type a random firstname+lastname into Wikipedia, half the time it's an athlete I've never heard of. Khemehekis (talk) 01:49, 6 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The sourcing is clearly not enough to show notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:51, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails notability and as the fighter has not competed in years he is unlikely to ever meet notability requirements, at least for MMA.--Phospheros (talk) 06:06, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Since he hasn't fought in 5 years I think we can assume he's retired. With only 1 top tier fight, a loss, he fails to meet WP:NMMA. I don't see the coverage required to meet WP:GNG. Papaursa (talk) 00:30, 6 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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