Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert L. "Nob" Rauch


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The result was redirect to World Flying Disc Federation. Liz Read! Talk! 04:07, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Robert L. "Nob" Rauch

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This is a mess, starting from the unclear issue of whether this article covers one person or is a mix of biographies of two (a financial executive and a ultimate frisbee player). The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing General notability guideline nor the more detailed Notability (biographies) requirement. WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar. References are mostly press releases, the BBC piece doesn't seem to mention him, and the best we have are the passing mentions in a New Yorker piece. His biggest award, as reported, is the Ulimate Frisbee Hall of Fame inclusion: but that doesn't seem sufficient IMHO for NBIO criteria of a major award/recognition. Thoughts? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 11:31, 15 April 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 07:33, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Sportspeople,  and United States of America. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  11:31, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to World Flying Disc Federation. Rauch's career in finance seems to have received hardly any coverage in reliable sources at all, so his only real claim to notability is his involvement in flying-disk-related sports. Since WP:NSPORTS doesn't cover this field, we're left with the GNG/WP:NBIO. My searches found many articles in which reliable sources quoted Rauch or mentioned him in passing, but they do not "address[] the topic directly and in detail". The best I could find was, which is of uncertain reliability and, in any event, does not discuss Rauch in enough depth to contribute to notability. A redirect seems like a reasonable alternative to deletion; there are several possible targets, but World Flying Disc Federation, where he's mentioned, strikes me as the best one since sources commonly refer to him as "Robert Rauch, the president of the WFDF", or something like that. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:59, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete for lack of sufficient sources to establish notability, but no objection to redirect to World Flying Disc Federation. Springnuts (talk) 08:42, 23 April 2022 (UTC)


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