Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harry Light

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The result was Keep. Nomination withdrawn See comment below. (non-admin closure) — Insertcleverphrasehere ^{(or here)} 06:52, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Harry Light

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Not seeing evidence of notability here. Sources are only brief mentions or not reliable sources. I couldn't find anything better when I searched. — Insertcleverphrasehere ^{(or here)} 20:30, 1 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Light is a major figure in the history of professional wrestling in the United States, being one of the founders of the cartel that controlled professional wrestling for several decades. Light is in particular a key figure in the history of professional wrestling in Detroit, given that he "controlled grappling in the Detroit area for nearly 20 years" and produced one of the most highly-watched television programs in Detroit. McPhail (talk) 20:42, 1 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep - I fail to believe that he is a non-notable figure. References, especially those in the book on the history of pro-wrestling are reliable sources. There are wrestler articles out there that can't claim notability, but this isn't one of them. Lee Vilenski(talk) 09:14, 2 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I'm actually surprised how well sourced the article is given how hard it is to find wrestling sources from his era. McPhail lays out a good case for notability and he passes WP:GNG.LM2000 (talk) 05:53, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the first source, which the article is based almost entirely on, is ok. But the issue is that the only good one. The rest are trivial mentions or not reliable source. Wikipedia generally requires multiple good sources. However, if sources are difficult to come by for this topic during this period of history, perhaps I have misjudged this one. A bit of a borderline call anyway, so I'll withdraw my nomination. — Insertcleverphrasehere ^{(or here)} 06:50, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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