Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ben Jones (snooker player)


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  23:55, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Ben Jones (snooker player)

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Has competed in events that were open to both professionals and amateurs, but this alone does not satisfy WP:NSPORT or WP:GNG. These events had amateur qualifying sections, through which a set number of amateurs would qualify to appear in the main draw - from the last 128 onward - of the event, joining the professionals who were seeded to that stage; this is the only claim Ben Jones has to notability, and it's flimsy at best. If we are to agree that he's notable on that basis, we'll need to go about creating articles for every single amateur who's ever qualified to the first round of the Riga Open/Riga Masters, Paul Hunter Classic, or Gibraltar Open snooker tournaments...without putting it too bluntly, Ben from the snooker club might be a great player, but as per our guidelines and - frankly - common sense, an article with his name on it doesn't belong on Wikipedia. Montgomery15 (talk) 22:18, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Montgomery15 (talk) 22:18, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Wales-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:34, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Cue sports-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 10:33, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - player not professional, so generally not notable. No sign this person meets WP:GNG Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 12:41, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - I checked NewsBank, as well as conducting the usual online searches. I didn't find the sort of coverage that would be required to support an article, only passing mentions, e.g. about local league snooker and him reaching the semi-finals at the 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Men's. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:44, 1 November 2021 (UTC)


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