Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/W Watson


 * 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 redirect to New South Wales Rugby League. I'm going with redirect here based on the point made by User:RandomCanadian. Feel free to change the redirect location if needed. Missvain (talk) 16:03, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

W Watson

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Fails WP:GNG, possibly redirect to any Eastern Suburbs player lists, if one exists. SportingFlyer  T · C  12:07, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. SportingFlyer  T · C  12:07, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. SportingFlyer  T · C  12:07, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CommanderWaterford (talk) 12:30, 18 May 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep. Meets notability per WP:RLN since he played in NSWRL, which is the precursor to the National Rugby League. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 14:52, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete This article totally and completely fails GNG. That needs to be how we jusge these things. This notion that later league notability means anyone who ever played in any iteration of the league is notable is just leading to us creating articles on people who were not in the public spotlight. We really should reconsider a lot of our sports notability guidelines, because they lead to a huge mess of articles on people who were in no way notable. The first big recondiseration we need to do is scrap the notion everyone who was even in the olympics is default notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:41, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Run n Fly (talk) 18:43, 25 May 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Being bold with a third relist out of curiosity regarding what User:SportingFlyer just said. In some AfDs, I see sports editors saying the WP:NSPORTS guidelines are virtually obsolete and useless, and others saying they still matter.
 * Keep. Meets WP:RLN. Doctorhawkes (talk) 06:39, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * WP:NSPORT clearly says all biographies must ultimately meet GNG - merely passing a SNG isn't enough. Are there any sources on this guy? SportingFlyer  T · C  09:54, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Remember, WP:GNG supercedes every niche notability guideline.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 15:48, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Of course RLN doesn't supersede GNG, per the explicit wording in NSPORT: and  and  That he meets Rugby wikiproject notability criteria but hasn't garnered any SIGCOV just indicates RLN is not a good predictor of GNG. JoelleJay (talk) 22:11, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to an appropriate list article as an appropriate WP:ATD for a plausible search term. AfDs shouldn't be the forum for resolving the tensions between poor SNGs and the GNG. SNG needs to be updated. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 11:30, 10 June 2021 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.