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Your submission at Articles for creation: Helvijs Saukants (February 22)
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TheBritinator (talk) 01:09, 22 February 2024 (UTC)


 * I'm surprised that this didn't go through as he is the 6th best player in the world, one of the few in the world to win a Major tournament (which is Valve's official yearly world championship). This is a significant moment in the history of Latvia but ok, will update the sources and content so it meets the necessary guidelines. Latviawikiman (talk) 07:31, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Helvijs Saukants (March 27)
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Geardona (talk to me?) 16:08, 27 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @Geardona I'm really confused here. I am trying to create articles about notable people from Latvia, yet this isn't passing even though this person qualifies for all of what you mentioned.
 * There is significant coverage, he is an official e-sports player for the #1 team in the #1 game in the world. Won the gold medal at the largest event in the world. Named #6 best player in the world, yet there are pages for professional gamers that are way lower. He is talked about in national AND international television. All of his teammates from FaZe Clan have their Wikipedia page.
 * The links referenced are from the most trusted sources in the industry. HLTV - the official news portal for all counter-strake related news and events. Sportacentrs - main sports news portal in Latvia. Blast/PGL/etc are official event organizers that have published the results. Delfi/Jauns/TV3 - they are the largest and primary news outlets in the region.
 * He is the first e-sports player that was nominated for the highest state award in achievements in sports.
 * Honestly, what is this page missing? Can you please guide me where it doesn't qualify for what you mention? How are these players "better" than him (S1mple, Twistzz, FalleN, Ropz)? Latviawikiman (talk) 18:38, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Would this kind of reference from the DotEsports prove the notability? https://dotesports.com/counter-strike/news/faze-broky-is-up-against-motocross-and-rally-drivers-for-latvias-sportsman-of-the-year
 * This news portal is listed in WP:VGRS for Esports reliable sources (even though the list is super narrow and not up to today's growing news outlets in esports, even the official game-specific portals by the game publishers are not there). Latviawikiman (talk) 18:42, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * So, its mostly about the HLTV sources, this discussion and its associated page have it listed as "unreliable" and not used for notability. As for the dotesports article, that looks good, if you can find 3 more similar to it that will establish notability. (Personally I think that he seems notable, but needs a few more sources to fully establish it). I would also read BLP, as they have a higher sourcing requirement. Geardona (talk to me?) 18:48, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Updated the article and now it has 7 references from sites that are listed in WP:VGRS.
 * Sadly, the sites are not really up to today's standards for Counter-Strike news so I also left the links to HLTV, top Latvian media sites and a few other ones that people actually use for Counter-Strike news. Latviawikiman (talk) 05:11, 16 April 2024 (UTC)