Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stevie Tupu

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The result was delete. Unable to determine WP:N (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 22:51, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stevie Tupu[edit]

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Non-notable 15-year-old amateur boxer. A speedy was correctly declined on this first version because of claims of championships, but I PRODded it because searches (see talk page) found nothing and because a good deal of the text had been copied from David Tua. Extensive editing from an IP toned it down a bit, and another user stubbed it leaving only a statement that Tupu is an amateur heavyweight boxer. For this AfD to consider, I have restored the IP's last version, which still makes inflated claims like a bronze medal at the "2009 Summer Olympics". Also relevant is a message on my talk page from the IP: "Hi well Stevie Tupu is an Amateur Fighter out of Austrlaia and Im just helping him to get notice more." Sorry, 220.101.113.25, that's not what Wikipedia is for. JohnCD (talk) 09:18, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. —JohnCD (talk) 11:48, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep seems to have competed at professional level. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.80.51.94 (talk) 12:46, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - the article claims he has had a professional fight, but (a) it gives no detail or reference to verify that and I can find none, (b) the lead sentence calls him an amateur boxer, (c) how likely is a professional boxer aged only 15? JohnCD (talk) 13:29, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - When I searched for potential references, there were none to verify any title won. This would have been sure to be in a Google search result. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:24, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:56, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, per WP:GNG and WP:V. Could be a hoax - considering no ghits, and previous outlandish claims. Claritas § 18:11, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, not notable; current version could be speedied. Hairhorn (talk) 23:27, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Original likely to be a hoax, the original version had importance claims so not speedied. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:22, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per above Adabow (talk) 05:46, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete—non-notable unreferenced BLP. ╟─Treasury Tag►sundries─╢ 10:11, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - hoax or not, a search through NewsBank for Tupu and boxing found nothing in the last few years, (with no Stevie Taupu hits at all) and NewsBank contains most of the major newspapers in Australia, including the local ones. If he'd had any success I would have expected at least some mention there. Seems that he's at best insufficiently notable. - Bilby (talk) 10:52, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I can't find any evidence that this person exists. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 10:56, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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