Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marlon Hunt

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:33, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Marlon Hunt[edit]

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Non-notable kickboxer. The only source I could find was from BBC. Without quotes I get a bunch of unrelated sources for unrelated people. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{blaze__wolf} 03:48, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Boxing, and United Kingdom. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{blaze__wolf} 03:48, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 03:55, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

the article is improving AliM7mdd (talk) 12:19, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment He certainly had a successful kickboxing careera and did meet the old notability criteria for kickboxers. However, neither my search nor the article provide multiple examples of significant independent coverage. What I found were fight results, database entries, and some interviews. My search through old Liverkick and Combat Press rankings did not find any that showed him ranked in the top ten, though my access to those magazines was not all inclusive. The article also says he was ranked "number one in kickboxing in 2008", but gives no source for the claim. Papaursa (talk) 23:23, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Draftify. The German source seems to give a bit of credit and avoid an all-out deletion, but this article needs more than that. I would recommend a draftification of this article unless more sources can be found which demonstrate further SIGCOV beyond the ones already cited. InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) 15:44, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@InvadingInvader, which German source? In the article there's one German blog, but that's SPS. JoelleJay (talk) 19:16, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Thoughts on draftifying?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NotAGenious (talk) 06:13, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Of the sources in the article, 3 are unreliable (facebook and blogs) and 1 is a stats ref. Nothing showing up elsewhere either for GNG.

JoelleJay (talk) 19:15, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete After more research I still didn't find evidence he meets any current WP notability criteria. I don't see multiple cases of significant independent coverage and he fails the current WP:NKICK. The claim of being ranked #1 in the world is based on local coverage (East Anglican Daily Times) of him beating a 40+ year old for the vacant "world" championship of the very minor BFKKO/WFKKO (British Freestyle Karate & Kickboxing Organisation/World Freestyle Karate & Kickboxing Organisation). While I still think he had a successful kickboxing career, he doesn't appear to have been ranked in the world top 10 by any independent source. I oppose making this article a draft because Hunt's career is recent enough that it shouldn't be that hard to find coverage. Also, the article is only a few sentences long so recreating it shouldn't be difficult if sources are found. Papaursa (talk) 18:47, 13 January 2024 (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.