Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashley Beecham

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The result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 22:33, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ashley Beecham[edit]

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Non-notable assistant referee. Despite having 33 references in the article, there is no evidence that Beecham meets WP:GNG at all. The creator is an WP:SPA with a probable WP:COI as, in there many years of editing, they have only edited this one article.

Clearly a lot of effort has gone in to this exhaustive list of matches that Beecham has assisted in refereeing, including a list of youth matches and friendlies. Each of the references, the ones that are accessible via archive anyway, are only passing mentions. A search centred on Australian searches yields no useful results nor do Google searches. Mentions are always brief such as News.com.au, SMH and A League. Beecham is never mentioned in detail; just a passing mention, then quickly onto the next person.

Referees do not inherit notability from the matches that they are involved in. They must meet GNG in their own right. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:05, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:05, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:05, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:08, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - fails GNG and NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 08:03, 24 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I disagree that Ashley Beecham is "non-notable." How many women referees are there in the men's game? Is that what this is really about? Hmlarson (talk) 19:41, 24 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not that it has any relevance whatsoever but Beecham is clearly a man. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:48, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 14:37, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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