Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yahu Blackwell

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The result was soft delete. WP:REFUND applies. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 11:56, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yahu Blackwell[edit]

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Non-notable boxer does not even come close to meeting WP:NBOX PRehse (talk) 17:24, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Boxing-related deletion discussions. PRehse (talk) 17:25, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 19:21, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 16:54, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete It's clear that he doesn't meet WP:NBOX. That means he needs to meet WP:GNG to be WP notable. At first glance this didn't look like a problem with sources like Forbes and Inc. listed. However, all those articles turned out to have written by the same sports agent as a "contributor", which means there is no editorial oversight--much like a newspaper's "letter to the editor." The remaining coverage does not seem to be the significant, independent coverage from reliable sources required by the GNG. Notability is not obtained by association with notable trainers, trying to market an app, opening a Rita's Italian Ice franchise, winning two bar fights in Tijuana (his two pro victories according to Boxrec), having a self-declared net worth of over a million dollars, or helping fund an orphanage in Cameroon (although it's certainly a good deed). I'll admit I don't know what it means to be the "WBU novice world champion" (novice and world champion are a strange pairing), which is not reliably sourced, but I know that even a full-fledged WBU world championship is insufficient to show boxing notability. Papaursa (talk) 02:34, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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