Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nick Newell

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The result was speedy keep. Withdrawn by nominator. Notability demonstrated by significant coverage from multiple third party reliable sources. (non-admin closure) LlamaAl (talk) 21:40, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nick Newell[edit]

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Fighter fails WP:NMMA and possibly WP:GNG with no fights for top tier organizations. LlamaAl (talk) 14:22, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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~~*Delete~~ Fails WP:NMMA because he has no top tier fights and WP:GNG because all of the sources are routine sports coverage.Mdtemp (talk) 19:43, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm changing my vote to Keep. When I looked through a bunch of the sources listed I found nothing but routine MMA coverage. He still fails WP:NMMA, but Luchuslu's sources show he meets WP:GNG.Mdtemp (talk) 18:49, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Does not have the top tier MMA fights for WP:NMMA and no WP:SIGCOV outside WP:ROUTINE for his fights to warrant outside notability. Mkdw ^talk 10:06, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

He clearly passes WP:SIGCOV. As it states, "Significant coverage" means that sources address the subject directly in detail, so no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention but it need not be the main topic of the source material. Please point out which of the 14 sources, besides his Sherdog profile, does not pass that criteria? Luchuslu (talk) 21:25, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I was specifically referring to outside routine but when refining my search I focused on non-MMA related publications and have decided to change to keep after I found this New York Times article. This may be a case where the athlete's notability is not their record in top-tier MMA which is what WP:NMMA focuses on, but notability outside that guideline for a unique personality in the sport. Mkdw ^talk 07:16, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Newell is the first any only congenital amputee to win a title in any mixed martial arts organization. He's had full feature stories done about him on Yahoo Sports and USA Today twice just to name some. Luchuslu (talk) 21:21, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - You don't see one-armed MMA champion every day. There are lots of articles about him so he is clearly notable. Master Sun Tzu (talk) 16:25, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep He meets WP:GNG. Papaursa (talk) 19:05, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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