Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bruce Atkinson (poker player)


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The result was delete. Tone 18:21, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Bruce Atkinson (poker player)
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There is no actual strong claim that would lead to suggesting this person is notable. The sourcing is not enough to pass GNG and searching for more sourcing does not come up with anything that would lead to passing GNG. John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:00, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Gabe Iglesia (talk) 14:03, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Gabe Iglesia (talk) 14:03, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment. He is called a legend of British poker in, hut it is a passing mention. There is a short bio blurb at but is the site reliable? If he was really a legend, there should be better sources, I am afraid he fails GNG. But I am surprised the sport fans aren't shouting keep here due to some statistic catalogues? Wouldn't he pass some offshoot of SPORTBIO which states that if you touch a poker card you are notable? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  01:08, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * At some point sarcasm doesn't really work well. I think you've walked well past it here. Hobit (talk) 16:51, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment I randomly came across this article when it was prodded and then I WP:REFBOMBed it to get some verifiability into it, when I saw it was AfD. Note that searching for "Elvis Senior" occasionally finds additional sources beyond just searching for "Bruce Atkinson". This individual sounds interesting, but the current sources probably don't add up to WP:GNG and I'm unaware of a poker-related WP:SNG that would argue otherwise. It would be helpful to have comments from editors in that area, though. Since the European Poker Hall of Fame does not have an article, the only "merge" target I can think of would be London Lowball; there would be little content to merge, essentially becoming a redirect with a mention on the page about him co-inventing the game. Ideally, more sources could be found to validate this claim. —Ost (talk) 16:20, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Eddie891 Talk Work 23:11, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per the informal WikiProject Poker, which is the de facto standard regardless. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:48, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete AfD is not CLEANUP but let me tell you if we keep this article on a relatively undistinguished poker player this article does need cleanup. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 02:15, 18 September 2020 (UTC)


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