Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bob Craig (ice hockey)

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The result was delete. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:09, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bob Craig (ice hockey)

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Fails NHOCKEY and GNG. Clearly non notable minor league player. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 01:06, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: fails WP:NHOCKEY. Quis separabit? 01:21, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 03:59, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ice hockey-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 03:59, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep - He narrowly misses NHOCKEY, but he seems to have gotten some coverage. Although his career ended more than 40 years ago, I was able to quickly find a couple of substantial articles about him: here and here. Given the length of time since he last played and the fact that these were easy to find, I have to believe there is more coverage that is less easy to find, but even this marginally meets GNG. Rlendog (talk) 19:39, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Rlendog: That's really stretching it. "Marginally"? Why do we have to clutter up Wikipedia with non-notables, encouraging further such article creations? Quis separabit? 21:30, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Typically, even curent minor leaguers who fail NHOCKEY also don't have multiple articles substantially about them. In this case we have a subject whose career ended 40 years ago, so most of his potential coverage won't be readily accessible. But in this case there are 2 articles that I was able to find - which is significant coverage in multiple (at the lowest level of "multiple") reliable sources. Normally, for a current minor leaguer I would want something more than this, but I'll settle for marginally meeting GNG for someone before the internet age. I am not sure how this article is "cluttering up" Wikipedia. Anyone who is not interested in him can easily avoid the article. Rlendog (talk) 01:15, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

delete Fails WP:NHOCKEY and some local typical sports reporting from his minor league career isn't enough to meet the GNG or every minor leaguer would be notable.Sandals1 (talk) 14:23, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete He does not meet notability guidelines for hockey players. All his notability would come from hockey so this is reason to delete the article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:36, 27 January 2019

NHOCKEY is irrelevant for a subject that passes GNG. Rlendog (talk) 01:18, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Fails WP:NHOCKEY....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 11:37, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

NHOCKEY is irrelevant for a subject that passes GNG. Rlendog (talk) 01:18, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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