Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ed Brown (boxer)

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:49, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ed Brown (boxer)

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Simply nothing actually satisfying the applicable notability Wikipedia:Notability (sports)#Boxing since he never played in a major event or otherwise major competition, and the sources all are only about his death, which of course inherit him no automatic notability; from there, there's simply nothing else about this article that would suggest actual notability as a boxer. Simply because he was "nearly getting an Olympic bid" is not itself a notability factor because, in that case, we would accept every single person who came near one, and the fact the article still only focuses with triviality, it's not notability. Originally declined at AfC by Dodger67. SwisterTwister talk 01:23, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 01:24, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete He doesn't appear to meet any notability criteria. Claims about his potential are not enough to show notability and are opinion, not fact (like the claim he "was on his way to world championship"). Most of the coverage is about his death by shooting. While tragic, it doesn't show notability and also falls under WP:ONEEVENT. Papaursa (talk) 02:22, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I told the author, during AFC review, that an article about his death would probably be more sustainable (per ONEEVENT) than a biography. It was a possibly notable murder, but the victim is not sufficiently notable for a biography Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 05:44, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

At best this is the murder of a local celeb who had been shot several times before he became known even locally. Not clear that makes either him or his murder notable. Do you realize how many shootings occur in Chicago each week? It was a news event, but I don't think it's encyclopedic. Papaursa (talk) 16:21, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Boxing-related deletion discussions. Marchjuly (talk) 08:11, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete non-notable boxer.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:21, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no policy supports inclusion.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:40, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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