Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yvonne Gabong


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) ‡ El cid, el campeador  talk  21:10, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Yvonne Gabong

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Fails WP:GNG and lacks WP:SIGCOV. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 21:09, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Women, Football,  and Oceania. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 21:09, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. These bulk nominations are getting ridiculous. Sigcov in https://www.looppng.com/sport/gabong-lead-women%E2%80%99s-soccer-team-113956 https://www.looppng.com/sport/gabong-we-can-go-step-higher-115150 https://www.looppng.com/sport/co-captains-start-madang-tour-115519 https://postcourier.com.pg/top-of-the-ladder-clash-in-womens-nsl-southern-conference/ https://www.thenational.com.pg/brothers-loss-was-a-gain-for-gabong/ pburka (talk) 22:27, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * The first, second and fifth sources primarily rely on quotes from Gabong and is not independent of the subject. The third and four articles are at best trivial mentions of the subject. What's ridiculous is the amount of soccer biographies on Wikipedia that do not pass either criteria. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 22:43, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Significant coverage shown through sources above. GNG does not say anything about excluding interview-based sources, nor does any other WP policy that I am aware of. While I agree with nominator on the fact that there are plenty of soccer bios that do not meet GNG, in this case, Loop PNG and The Post Courier are independent of the subject because they are not "produced by the article's subject or someone affiliated with it". JTtheOG (talk) 07:19, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep, she is an active footballer with national squad caps. There is coverage as pointed out above. -- Mvqr (talk) 10:28, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. There's enough here to justify keeping this one. Newspapers reliance on interviews with the subject raises issues of verifiability, but not notability. CT55555 (talk) 03:50, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 19:53, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - Per above. Besides the sources found above, I found 6 among many many more sources from Post Courier, YouTube etc which show she is notable in Papua New Guinea. She also captained Papua New Guinea to their only major trophy, the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup. I look at the other Sports WikiProjects (or any WikiProject) and they don't nearly have an article deleted per day, let alone 20. By the time I finish writing this, another 20 will probably be deleted. Article needs improvement, not deletion. Thanks, Das osmnezz (talk) 23:21, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep as notability is established by in-depth articles including "Gabong to lead U20s midfield" (The National newspaper in PNG) and "Gabong for Glory" on EMTV Online. Both aren't interview-driven articles (!), and of the coverage containing quotes from Gabong herself, at least the more recent 2021 article in The National includes a few (short) paragraphs of factual reporting by the newspaper and establishes sustained interest in Gabong herself over time. Cielquiparle (talk) 17:05, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep as notable - has over 20 caps for her national team which she captains, multiple independent sources quoted above. Honestly, the AFDs for footballers has been ridiculous since the change of the SNG. Not sure what people feel they gain by deleting so much, when they could use their time to improve articles. --SuperJew (talk) 05:27, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per sources above which show notability. GiantSnowman 18:00, 22 August 2022 (UTC)


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