Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sarah Adegoke

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The result was keep. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 04:31, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sarah Adegoke[edit]

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Non-notable tennis player who fails to meet WP:GNG and WP:NTENNIS. Adamtt9 (talk) 14:59, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:23, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:23, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:23, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: passes WP:SPORTSPERSON, by winning the 39th CBN Tennis Championship (Seniors category), the oldest active tennis tournament in Nigeria.HandsomeBoy (talk) 17:45, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I removed the PROD because I thought she stood a chance of skating past GNG from the article's eight sources (or specifically, these [1][2][3][4]). But HandsomeBoy's rationale is better. I would also expect that "highest ranked tennis player in the women's single category" in Nigeria should cover it, but I'm not a sports expert. — Bilorv_(c)(talk) 18:49, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment How are any of those sources WP:NOTROUTINE if they only report the results of those events? Sportsfan77777 (talk) 06:38, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Top ranked player in her country, and enough coverage to pass WP:GNG. PamD 08:28, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Citing WP:SPORTSPERSON is misinterpreting policy, see the wikilinked guidelines WP:NTENNIS/WP:NSPORTS, this person does not meet guidelines for notability in tennis. Its quite possible to be top ranked at a fairly low amateur standard in some countries. This doesn't make for notability by wikipedia's standards. As this person has not competed at a level, which meets standards for notability in tennis, they do not meet WP:GNG. W C M_email 09:35, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Can you expand on what you mean by "Citing WP:SPORTSPERSON is misinterpreting policy"? I don't follow. Note that WP:NTENNIS says "Tennis figures are presumed to be notable if" not "Tennis figures are notable iff". — Bilorv_(c)(talk) 18:06, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you follow the wikilink WP:SPORTSPERSON it links you to WP:NSPORTS, which provides guidelines for individual sports. WP:NTENNIS takes you straight to the notability guidelines for tennis players. This defines notability as:

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Tennis figures are presumed to be notable if they

Are a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, either in the contributor or player category
Have competed in one of the international team competitions: Fed Cup, Davis Cup, Hopman Cup or World Team Cup
Have competed in the main draw in one of the highest level professional tournaments: Grand Slam tournaments (the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, or the US Open)
Men: ATP World Tour tournaments (the ATP World Tour Finals, ATP World Tour Masters 1000, ATP World Tour 500, or ATP World Tour 250)
Women: WTA Tour tournaments (the WTA Premier, the WTA International, or the WTA Tour Championships)
Have won at least one title in any of the ATP Challenger tournaments
Have won at least one title in any of the ITF Women's $50,000–$100,000+ tournaments. Until 2007, the notability threshold shall be winning a $25,000 tournament based on the lowest payout for a men's challenger tournament in the same year.
Hold a tennis record recognized by the International Tennis Federation, ATP or WTA

Junior players are presumed to be notable if they have won at least a junior Grand Slam title, have been in the top 3 of the junior ITF world rankings or can be shown to meet the wider requirements of WP:GNG.

This guideline applies equally to singles and doubles players.

”

Further information may be found at WikiProject Tennis/Article guidelines. As I said you've applied an overly broad guideline in an inappropriate manner, missing the detailed guidance for notability. W C M_email 20:05, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I am able to read. I noted that the guideline uses "if" rather than "if and only if" – to spell this out, "these are some of the ways in which notability can be demonstrated, though they're not the only ways". I disagree that the application of the guideline is inappropriate, but I don't deny that that's a valid opinion so let's leave it here. — Bilorv_(c)(talk) 20:24, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Notwithstanding the above discussion about WP:SPORTSPERSON, the sources provided in the article are sufficient for WP:GNG. Ralbegen (talk) 07:54, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It's important to take account of notability at the national level.--Ipigott (talk) 10:40, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Meets WP:GNG based on these three profiles of her: [5] [6] [7]. Still disagree with Bilorv on any or all of those four sources above conferring GNG. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 21:45, 3 September 2018 (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.