Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steffi Carruthers

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The result was keep‎. ✗plicit 07:22, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Steffi Carruthers

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Fails WP:GNG and lacks WP:SIGCOV. Sources exist but they aren't 'significant'. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 03:26, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Tennis, and Oceania. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 03:26, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:11, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The subject of the article has represented her nation (actually a group of nations see Pacific Oceania Billie Jean King Cup team) in the Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup (which is a major tennis tournament), this can be verified here [1] and [2],while these are still just passing mentions, this helps a little [3] stating "Samoan tennis player Steffi Carruthers created history last week, becoming the first Pacific Oceania player to win a professional tournament.". This source here [4] also gives decent coverage of a game of her's in Pune. This source here too gives a decent amount of coverage to the subject [5], This one here[6] is a passing mention but it does state that she was the first Samoan to win an ITF title. The article agreeably may not meeet WP:NTENNIS, but the 2 or 3 sources which do give a decent amount of coverage should be just enough to pass WP:GNG. Bingobro (Chat) 08:32, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep Lots of coverage in the Saipan Times [7], I think it's ok. Oaktree b (talk) 13:12, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - added refs. There's a clear claim to notability as Samoa's first pro tennis player, and there's good bios in the Samoa Observer and Fiji Times to back it up with.--IdiotSavant (talk) 03:44, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: She is the first Samoan woman to play professional tennis, which is a a major claim for notability. If that's not enough, she has received enough coverage to meet GNG from the references. Thilsebatti (talk) 09:23, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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