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The result was delete ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 13:59, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
Sam Schmoker
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Non-notable person. Winning a state boys' contest doesn't suffice under WP:NTENNIS, nothing else in the article suggests notability, and little independent coverage turns up in online searches, failing to meet WP:GNG. Largoplazo ( talk) 01:51, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
- He is a well known man in Shanghai. He is just not that present on the internet — Preceding
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- A finding of notability based on being well-known calls for evidence of this under the terms of the general notability guidelines. We'd need to know there are a number of independent reliable sources giving him substantial coverage. Largoplazo ( talk) 02:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. B E C K Y S A Y L E S 11:37, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Alaska-related deletion discussions. B E C K Y S A Y L E S 11:37, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
- Speedy Delete nothing to suggests any notability WP:BIO, WP:GNG or WP:NTENNIS. As attested to by IP above just a well known local. KylieTastic ( talk) 12:45, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
- Delete The first reference is the very definition of trivial coverage, it mentions him in passing as someone who won a doubles championship (not individual state champion as implied int he article) ten years ago. The other source isn't a proper reference at all, and the only mention it makes of the article subject is that they are a contact person for events. That falls well short of general notability. Beeblebrox ( talk) 02:29, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
- Delete Clearly fails WP:GNG and WP:NTENNIS. Edwardx ( talk) 23:23, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
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