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The result was keep. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 23:06, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
James Tatton
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Snooker player with no references on page; Does not appear to be notable per WP:CUENOT and a WP:BEFORE check yields no SIGCOV. AviationFreak 💬 18:39, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
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- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cue sports-related deletion discussions. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 20:23, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
- Keep - player was a professional for four seasons, which is enough with general consensus for snooker players. WP:CUENOT#Players does specifically call this out, specifically "People who have competed at the fully professional level of a sport". As this is pre-2005 we are talking about, it's very unlikely you'll find anything online. He also won the first event of the 2004 Q Tour, which is a major amateur honour. I'll do some digging for some sources, but it's likely paper sourcing for this one. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ( talk • contribs) 20:38, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
- Keep- the "fully professional" qualification is possibly questionable, as from 1991 and for a few seasons afterwards, anyone could become a professional snooker player simply by paying a membership fee, and hundreds did. However, Tatton did win a Challenge Tour event, and whilst a lot of the hits on
NewsBank are routine coverage, there are some rather more in-depth articles, e.g these two available online:
here and
here. I think he scrapes through the
WP:GNG criteria.
BennyOnTheLoose (
talk) 09:37, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
- Aye, but 2005/06 wasn't the same, right? That first one suggests he made the top 64 - must have been the preliminary rankings! Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ( talk • contribs) 09:39, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Randykitty ( talk) 17:59, 14 January 2022 (UTC)- Keep Per above. He was professional for four seasons and did get honours. - Cupper52 Discuss! 22:19, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
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