Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Lennard

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The result was keep‎. asilvering (talk) 20:44, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bill Lennard

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unnotable darts player, fails GNG and WP:SPORTCRIT. All my warmest wishes, ItsKesha (talk) 20:44, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Darts, and England. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:23, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Professional competitor on the world stage who won the News of the World Darts Championship, the British Matchplay and the Swedish Open. Reaching the quarter-finals of the World Championship in 1980 is notable as is being part of the England team which won the WDF World Cup in 1979. Can be sourced.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:25, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete As completely devoid of sources, with no attempt being made to demonstrate notability. People do not inherit notability from being part of a team or playing in a particular event. Unacceptable to have unsourced biographies for nearly two decades. AusLondonder (talk) 16:28, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The British Newspaper Archive shows a clear pass of GNG. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:24, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:37, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep because he was a notable political figure who served as an MPP in Ontario, and his contributions to local politics are documented in reliable sources --Jiaoriballisse (talk) 11:36, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jiaoriballisse: have you posted at the wrong AfD? AusLondonder (talk) 13:35, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@AusLondonder:, see this nom of theirs I recently closed due to a poor mix of LLM/just grabbing text from WP:RS; I don't even know if they're even looking at the articles they're voting for and their current nom statements are very boilerplate and stilted. Nate • (chatter) 22:21, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Agree with above comments, the British newspaper coverage shows sufficient WP:SIGCOV for a WP:GNG pass. Dclemens1971 (talk) 03:57, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. There is WP:SIGCOV in British newspapers. I'm finding many articles on newspapers.com in addition to those noted above. I have clipped a few for anyone wanting to use them as sources in the article.[1][2][3] The regional "Bill Lennard Memorial Cup" appears to be named after him.[4] In 1974, he was parts of the England darts team that competed and won against other the other UK teams (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland).[5] Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 15:05, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep: A lot of coverage is WP:ROUTINE, nonetheless I think there is just enough enough notability to pass WP:GNG. Although often routine, his newspaper mentions span a considerable range of time (mid-70s to mid-80s), showing sustained interest, even if some sources are perhaps too local to be useful. A potentially relevant source would be [6], but I am unclear if the persons involved in writing, editing and publishing this article (Patrick Chaplin, Kendo Nagasaki [very possibly a fake name], Andy Fairclough) would pass WP:RSSELF... Shazback (talk) 19:55, 29 October 2024 (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.