Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Barrell (gymnast)

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The result was delete. Star Mississippi 02:55, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

William Barrell (gymnast)[edit]

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Violates WP:NOTDATABASE, being sourced only to databases, and does not meet WP:GNG as a non-notable Olympian who competed as part of a team of 45 British Gymnasts in the 1908 Olympics, with his team coming last. BilledMammal (talk) 05:19, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. BilledMammal (talk) 05:19, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. BilledMammal (talk) 05:19, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Violates WP:NOTDATABASE" isn't true or relevant, as the article is not 1)Summary-only descriptions of works, 2)Lyrics databases, 3)Excessive listings of unexplained statistics or 4)Exhaustive logs of software updates. His bio states a lengthy career in gymnastics, along with another one in the RAF. Maybe there is more info in newspapers, etc from the time. If not, worst case is redirect to Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team per WP:ATD, WP:PRESERVE, WP:R#KEEP and WP:CHEAP. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 10:15, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete There are no substantive sources. Wikipedia is not supposed to be a set of sports stats masquerading as articles. There is no passing of notability or inclusion gudelines.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:17, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete two sentences in the Olympedia source aren't enough, and no significant coverage has been found. Avilich (talk) 18:37, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per above. Rockphed (talk) 22:43, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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