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Martial arts

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Samuele Pugliese

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Does not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for sports and athletics, nor for kick boxing HeinzMaster (talk) 13:30, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Sports, Martial arts, and Italy. HeinzMaster (talk) 13:30, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Classic case of TOOSOON. Doesnt meet NKICK or GNG. Nswix (talk) 15:59, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Doesn't meet WP:NKICK. Lekkha Moun (talk) 10:39, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Doesn't meet WP:NKICK and my search didn't find significant independent coverage that shows WP:GNG is met. Interestingly, I got more hits for a dancer with this name than for the kickboxer. Papaursa (talk) 03:47, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of current Combate Global fighters

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Incomplete list, no one notable linked on it. Minor organization. Just no need for it. Nswix (talk) 05:07, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Nswix (talk) 05:07, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 10:13, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 10:56, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment A very incomplete unsourced list of CG fighters with none of them being WP notable. Leaning towards delete, but will wait to give someone a chance to salvage the article. I'm not sure of the notability of the organization, but I think it's strange that its website lists no champions in any of its divisions. That's a discussion for another time. Papaursa (talk) 15:32, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete For the reasons I mentioned above. Papaursa (talk) 17:16, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Ineligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:17, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

James Benjamin Stewart

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Non notable kickboxer. This article initially appears notable but when you look deeper it doesn't meet WP:NKICKN, WP:SPORTBASICN, WP:GNGN. It also has a lot of promotional aspects such as: the name of his private non-notable company, the name of his children: "They have three children together: Sidney, Saryna, and Sterling", the entire sections "Early life", "Corporate career", "Personal life", passage like "conditioned and rehabilitated himself through hot yoga"??? and majority of the "championships" entries are completely unsourced, potential COI? The article screams vanity page to promote the subject's business interests and self-published non-notable books. This article is as promotional as it gets.

The subject's wins in WKA, WKU or WAKO are in amateur kickboxing (Point Fighting or light contact Kick Boxing) which doesn't pass WP:NKICK. The subject hasn't fought outside of these amateur competitions, and hasn't fought professional kickboxing (unlike Dragan Jovanović for example who went on to fight Pro kick). According to WP:NKICK: Kickboxers who have an amateur background exclusively are not notable under this guideline unless they have been the subject examined in detail (more than a single paragraph) in several reliable third-party sources (at least four), excluding local publications. The subject has only been covered in some local minor publications such as the subject's home city of Ottawa: inside ottawa valley.com. Which is even filled with a total of 20+ mistakes. Lekkha Moun (talk) 19:44, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Martial arts, and Canada. Shellwood (talk) 19:47, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment NKICK seems a tad strict. It wants "at least four" pieces of SIGCOV, excluding local? That's a higher bar than GNG.

~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:46, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you have an issue with NKICK you are welcome to start a conversion about it, but in the meantime we have to base our decision to the agreed current guidelines. The subject is an amateur kickboxer and the guidelines for amateur kickboxing athletes are extremely appropriate, because it should require a lot in order to be notable as an amateur. There are so many non-notable martial arts competitions out there where you can become a "world champion" with only a few participants per category, that's why quality SIGCOV has been requested. Lekkha Moun (talk) 08:50, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:17, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Doesn't meet GNG. Besides the debate about NKICK, this is almost certainly a vanity page. Nswix (talk) 05:09, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Not eligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, asilvering (talk) 03:38, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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