Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dan Kovacs


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Withdrawn based upon new sources; no 'delete' !votes to consider. (non-admin closure) ‡ El cid, el campeador  talk  15:54, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Dan Kovacs

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Non-notable individual. Holding powerlifting record would not make him notable... and currently he does not hold the record anymore, and in fact does not even appear in the entire list cited. This implies that these records do not stand for very long. In any case, fails GNG ‡ El cid, el campeador  talk  20:29, 11 October 2023 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spartaz Humbug! 05:07, 19 October 2023 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 05:09, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  ‡ El cid, el campeador  talk  20:29, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  21:17, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment. If he was once notable as a record-holder, no longer being a record-holder does not make him non-notable. Once notable, always notable. Is he also known for something else? A Google search brings up several people with that name, but I don't know if any of them is the powerlifter. Sometimes combining an athlete's name and city in a search will find references from non-sports sources. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 22:25, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
 * No, holding a world record is seen as falling under WP:ONEEVENT and does not establish notability, then or now. This is especially true for a record which in and of itself is not notable, like a powerlifting records which regularly changes hands. If we had pages for every lifter who ever held a power-lifting record, WP would soon be full of people who were otherwise entirely non-notable. ‡ El cid, el campeador  talk  12:24, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep. Appears to meet WP:BASIC/WP:SPORTSBASIC. Given the era, there's going to be more in paper, but for now we should have plenty . There's also db coverage which helps with verifiability. &mdash;siro&chi;o 08:19, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I've expanded the article a bit with a few of these sources. There's likely more to find from the 2000s and 2010s as well, as he was still competing. &mdash;siro&chi;o 08:54, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep: Based on the new paper sources found, appears ok. First few are local, but the last are more wide-spread. Oaktree b (talk) 13:40, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn - based upon the new sources found. They aren't overwhelming but enough imo to survive the chopping block. ‡ El cid, el campeador  talk  15:53, 27 October 2023 (UTC)


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