Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vake, Fau


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  23:58, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Vake, Fau

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Doesn't appear to be notable. Very poorly written, down to the title.

Article is about a New Zealand amateur MMA fighter that recently died from injuries sustained during an assault. He was a teammate of Israel Adesanya, but that doesn't establish notability on its own. All I could find about him on Google were news reports about his injuries and more reports about his death, but that's really it, and I can't find much else other than player databases or what look like blog posts. Some of the results are from actual reliable sources like The New Zealand Herald, The Sun, and the Associated Press, but that's all I can see, and none of them are linked here as sources. AdoTang (talk) 23:19, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment: I just rewrote the article quite a bit to add actual information and make it readable. Regardless, it doesn't really change his notability. Do note that he apparently only played one match, back in 2016 [1 ]. AdoTang (talk) 23:56, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 02:20, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 02:20, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 02:20, 4 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete. The subject is not notable as an MMA fighter, and notability is not inherited from being teammates with notable fighters. Coverage of Vake's assault and subsequent death is not sufficient to warrant an article per WP:VICTIM. – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 02:50, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete One amateur MMA fight in 2016 doesn't come close to showing he's notable as a fighter. The only coverage is of his death and, sadly, being a street crime victim is far too common to show WP notability on its own. Papaursa (talk) 19:48, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment Material arts is not a popular sport in the Netherlands, it’s not related to a Dutch person; but I remember it was in the Dutch national news (see here). So probably he had worldwide coverage. SportsOlympic (talk) 18:38, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Does not meet WP:SPORTBASIC criteria for sporting notability, and the content about his death as a result of an assault on the street is not sufficient in itself to establish notability.Marshelec (talk) 22:44, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete: No reliable sources, no evidence of notability. Fails GNG. TheDreamBoat (talk) 05:19, 7 June 2021 (UTC)


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