Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mahmoud Fadel


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The result was delete. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:58, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

Mahmoud Fadel

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The subject does just scrape by GNG as the single reliable source used for the entire article discusses him in some depth, however, according to GNG, notability is only presumed. In my searches I could only find a few hits and only one of those (the single reliable source already used) had depth. The others were a few sentences he gave in an interview at Muhammad Ali's funeral; a brief mention of him losing a fight and suffering racial abuse in South Africa; and the others were unreliable, blog/user generated websites listing his death. I think there was 7 or 8 in total. He fails WP:BASIC which requires multiple sources. He completely fails all aspects of WP:ANYBIO/WP:NBOX as he achieved nothing in his boxing career (I believe this should be the defining factor here, as there is only one reliable source in the article). Literally, his only claim to fame, the only thing he is "notable" for (as the article makes clear), is that he was an on-and-off sparring partner for Muhammad Ali. Even with the single reliable source used/available, the subject is just not noteworthy enough to merit a Wikipedia article. If the subject hadn’t died, there wouldn’t even be the one source that’s been used. 2 . O . Boxing 19:29, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  2 . O . Boxing  19:29, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Boxing-related deletion discussions.  2 . O . Boxing  19:29, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 12:47, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable boxer and he can't inherit notability from being Ali's sparring partner. The crucial factor is that he doesn't appear to have the significant independent coverage required to meet WP:BASIC.  The only things I found in my search were articles on his death and those were focused on him being Ali's sparring partner.  To me this brings up issues of WP:NOTMEMORIAL and WP:NOTINHERITED. Papaursa (talk) 14:18, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non notable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HuntGroup (talk • contribs) 12:49, 24 July 2020 (UTC)


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