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The result was delete. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 17:05, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Violetta Degtiareva (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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It appears the subject was active only in the ITF and apparently did not attain the notability threshold necessary for ITF players. Indeed, the sources given both imply that she was fairly mediocre as professional tennis players go and her record backs that up. She clearly fails WP:NTENNIS. However, addressing whether she meets WP:GNG. There was some small amount of coverage in relation to her sudden death. Given that she had little coverage before and that the small amount of coverage was only in relation to her sudden death and physical beauty, I think that WP:BIO1E can be invoked, meaning she fails WP:GNG as well. PROD declined without explanation by an IP editor. Safiel (talk) 06:12, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• As tragic as a sudden death might be, I'm going to have to vote delete. There does exist a myriad of sources but after going through quite a few of them, it seems to me that the news articles are giving heavy coverage to her death, with only passing mentions to her tennis career. This would conflict with other long-standing principles: specifically that Wikipedia cannot give undue weight to any one event, thus conflicting with our neutral point of view policy (as well, see the guideline on "Subjects notable only for one event"). To quote from the New York Post article on Degtiareva: "The Russian beauty's most notable career moment came when she reached the quarter-finals of the ITF-Turnier pro-circuit tournament in Turkey, CEN reports." (emphasis mine) Her most notable career moment was her reaching the quarter finals. She was ranked 1,084th in the world at the time of her death and never won a major title. As ignominious as this may be, she likely would not have gotten the coverage she got had it not been for her death. Thank you, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 07:02, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:06, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:06, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Doesn't meet the notability standards for tennis players and death doesn't make someone notable. 204.126.132.231 (talk) 18:21, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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