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Hossein Tousi (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Subject fails to meet the WP:GNG because of a lack of WP:SIGCOV. A redirect to Iran at the 1948 Summer Olympics#Boxing may be a suitable WP:ATD. Let'srun (talk) 01:19, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mohammad Jamshidabadi (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Subject fails to meet the WP:GNG because of a lack of WP:SIGCOV. The only reference is a database, and a search on the MENA database and google revealed no significant coverage. A redirect to Iran at the 1948 Summer Olympics may be a suitable WP:ATD. Let'srun (talk) 00:56, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Boston Simbeye (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Declined prod. Fails WP:SPORTSCRIT and WP:NOLY. Eliminated in first round. LibStar (talk) 23:40, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Thailand (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Merge. BKFC Thailand ad BKFC UK are pointless. The relevant information of both pages has already been merged into the main article Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. The events, champions, history. I don't understand why these pages were created in the first place. Both pages are merely the main company hosting events in other countries. It's like we would create a page for UFC UK, or UFC Asia, but will almost no coverage and no events. BKFC UK has had held 8 events and BKFC Thailand has had 5 total events and is now defunct as of 2025! The main page is notable, not the branches.

Both pages lack independent coverage, and cite majoritly primary sources (BKFC.com). Events of from UK are already list inside the main promotion's list of yearly events see: 2022 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship#Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 27: London. There is absolutely no need to have the extra pages except to confuse readers.

I am also nominating the following related pages:

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship United Kingdom (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) Lekkha Moun (talk) 19:54, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Steven Kevi (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Declined prod with this source added which is rather routine and not really SIGCOV for meeting WP:SPORTSCRIT. LibStar (talk) 23:03, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jamgany Narantsogt (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Declined prod. The added source is a blog. Need reliable sources to meet WP:SPORTSCRIT. Eliminated in first round. LibStar (talk) 02:31, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Masoud Rahimiha (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Subject fails to meet the WP:GNG because of a lack of WP:SIGCOV from reliable, independent sources. The only reference currently is a database, and all I could find elsewhere were hits on an unrelated person who was executed in Singapore last year. Let'srun (talk) 01:20, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are these anything? [1][2] I don't speak any Persian and I am having a hard time figuring out what to make of them. Does the 2nd one say he became a referee for the Helsinki Olympics? Ike Lek (talk) 02:48, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Through machine translation, the second source does say that. In English, I get "...and the Iranian fourth-weight representative, Masoud Rahimiha, was present, but he appeared at the Helsinki Olympics four years later. In 1952, he was first selected as a referee (although not a referee) for the Tehran championships, and then the following year he began refereeing as a referee, and after hanging up his gloves, he began teaching and coaching alongside refereeing, and led the national team for many years." I'm not finding much from the first source, and the second source is a bit below WP:100WORDS but shows at least marginal potential (although not nearly enough for me to consider withdrawal). Let'srun (talk) 03:03, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't ask you to withdraw over this, but I do think it could be a good lead for anyone with more access to Persian sources. Ike Lek (talk) 03:15, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Jean-Luc Bezoky (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Declined prod. Fails WP:SPORTSCRIT and WP:NOLY. Eliminated in first bout. LibStar (talk) 06:05, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Left guide (talk) 05:19, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hassen Chaktami (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Declined prod. Eliminated in first bout of Olympics. Fails WP:SPORTSCRIT. LibStar (talk) 00:41, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting. Source analysis would be helpful here.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Fade258 (talk) 00:50, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Zekaria Williams (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Declined prod. Added source appears to be a blog and also not SIGCOV of this athlete. Fails WP:SPORTSCRIT. Eliminated in first round. LibStar (talk) 23:35, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and I've already provided two. IJA (talk) 16:25, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Your first source is an autobiography, not a reliable source. Traumnovelle (talk) 08:37, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Which Wikipedia policy/guideline states that autobiographies are not reliable sources? IJA (talk) 09:36, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You shouldn't need to be pointed to a policy to understand why a self-published autobiography is an unreliable source for a biography of a living person. Traumnovelle (talk) 09:51, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
So you're not able to state why it is unreliable? Cool. It might be an autobiography but do you seriously doubt that the claims in the autobiography that he represented the Cook Islands in the 26th Olympics in Seoul? And in the Mini South Pacific Games? Why would you doubt the reliability of these statements just because they're in an autobiography? I'm not sure I understand the logic behind your claim that it is unreliable. IJA (talk) 10:51, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The claims might be reliable, but the other editors are right to say autobiographies don't contribute to SIGCOV, because they are not independent. The source can still be used with caution, but it does not contribute to notability. That being said, I'm fairly certain more sources exist. Ike Lek (talk) 16:54, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Its an autobiography of an unrelated figure, not of the subject. Traumnovelle (talk) 21:31, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I did state why it is. If you're unaware why a self-published autobiography is not a reliable source for a BLP then you should re-read WP:RS and WP:BLP. Traumnovelle (talk) 21:30, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 06:19, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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