Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wayne Cooper (snooker player)


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Ashley  yoursmile!  03:54, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Wayne Cooper (snooker player)

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Unsure why this article has survived so long. A briefly professional snooker player who has not come close to winning anything or achieving any notability. Surely fails WP:NSPORT, the guidance for cue sportspeople, or WP:GNG. Sionk (talk) 18:17, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:31, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:31, 27 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep - Generally those who have played on the World Snooker Tour are deemed notable, but it's a bit harder to track down refs for those that did get onto the tour in the early 2000s. A quick google search found, , 22 pages of articles at BSA-Cuesports.com, and a tournament history of his time in the snooker seniors, where he won a tournament. He did actually win some matches on the tour, such as at the 2001 UK Championship. Sadly, our coverage of that time in snooker only really covers the last 32 onwards. He was actually ranked 90th in the world, where we usually deem players in the top 128 as notable. The article, is indeed in poor shape. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 09:37, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep Looks to me like the subject meets GNG. A search for "'Wayne Cooper' snooker" on NewsBank returns 446 results. Whilst undoubtedly many of these are passing mentions, they also include quite a few with Cooper in the headline, e.g.:
 * "Cooper wins prize to play Hendry"; January 22, 2007; Bradford Telegraph and Argus
 * "Cooper on a double mission"; May 14, 2008; Bradford Telegraph and Argus
 * "Cooper overcomes Couch hoodoo"; January 23, 2008; Bradford Telegraph and Argus
 * "Cooper experiences a mixed championship"; February 11, 1999 West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications.
 * The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker, whilst probably not being evidence of meeting GNG in itself, has 70 match results for Cooper that could be used to help build out the article. Similarly, he is included in John Kobylecky's The Complete International Directory of Snooker Players – 1927 to 2018 which has all of his World Snooker Championship results.
 * Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:30, 28 April 2021 (UTC)


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