Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryan Benoit

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The result was delete. Happy to provide anybody with the deleted content if/when the subject becomes more notable. – Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:59, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ryan Benoit[edit]

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Non-notable MMA fighter - has not yet had one top tier fight - far from the three required by WP:MMANOT. Definately WP:TOOSOON Peter Rehse (talk) 12:20, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Peter Rehse (talk) 12:20, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:05, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Neutral He's had a top-tier fight now, and since he made his UFC debut on short notice against someone who missed weight (and who is on a few Top 10 lists including Fight Matrix's) he'll almost certainly get a second one. I agree the page is premature and doesn't meet the technical requirements but it seems silly to get rid of it at this point. Ryan Benoit has at least a 50% chance of meeting the notability requirements some time next year, he's not an arbitrary D-League fighter, so I'd urge folks to keep that in mind. Beansy (talk) 05:40, 1 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete He just lost that fight and there's nothing that says he'll get two more top tier fights. I'd have no objections to the article being userfied and recreated when he meets WP:NMMA, but it ought not to be kept in the main article space awaiting that time. Papaursa (talk) 20:13, 1 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Fight of the Night winner and made $100,000 because his opponent missed weight, I think he passes WP:GNG. LiberatorLX (talk) 21:45, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Getting a $100,000 bonus for being submitted because your opponent missed weight makes you lucky, not notable. Currently does not meet NMMA since he's still two top tier fights short and assuming he'll get them is CRYSTALBALL. Like Beansy and Papaursa I have no problem with the article being kept in some user's sandbox.204.126.132.231 (talk) 20:00, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails to meet WP:NMMA with only 1 top tier fight (a loss).Mdtemp (talk) 17:54, 4 December 2013 (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.