Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bobby King (fighter)

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The result was delete. — JJMC89 (T·C) 01:56, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bobby King (fighter)[edit]

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Fails WP:NMMA. Highest ranking by Fight Matrix is 94th, and he has not appeared in any of Sherdog's top 10 list. I don't know why people are still using NSPORT guidelines that were changed in March for articles. ♡RAFAEL♡^(talk) 19:32, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Martial arts, and Utah. Shellwood (talk) 19:37, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Passes WP:GNG [1] and [2] among others. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 02:07, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Although there does not seem to be that much significant coverage at the moment he appears to be a fairly prominent competitor.[3] Zafir94 (talk)

The sources mentioned at this discussion are a video highlight and two sources reporting on the same comments he made after a fight stating that he should be ranked by Bellator and deserved more recognition. Of course that was before he lost his next fight. Doesn't seem like significant independent coverage to me. Papaursa (talk) 15:11, 28 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:44, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I went back to look at the sources for this article, besides the ones I commented on a few days ago. Fight announcements and results are typical for every fighter and are insufficient to confer WP notability. I don't see multiple instances of the significant independent coverage required to show WP notability. I have no objection to someone making a draft copy of this article to work on, but the AfD discussion needs to run its course. Papaursa (talk) 17:14, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. Zafir94 (talk) 03:05, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Zafir94, do you want to change your "bolded" opinion above? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:39, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Per Papaursa, as lacking notability. It is likely too soon. An indication of a pseudo biography or a resume can be found when there is only professional accomplishments, which are only parts of a BLP, and content such as "Starting his first fighting career...", "Starting out his MMA career...", and "King made his Bellator debut" are good indicators pointing to "just a resume". The elaborate "MMArecordbox" does not enhance an article as some seems to think and being a "fairly prominent competitor" is not a criteria to advance notability. -- Otr500 (talk) 12:44, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Sources provided are routine for MMA and do not contain SIGCOV. JoelleJay (talk) 22:12, 2 August 2022 (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.