Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Josh Copeland

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The result was delete. Missvain (talk) 01:46, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Josh Copeland

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Subject is a mixed martial arts fighter. Fails WP:MMABIO for not any top tier promotion fights. Fails GNG as report of the fights are merely routine coverage. Cassiopeia^(talk) 02:09, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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He fought for UFC 6-2 (I linked source in article) and the heavyweight tournament (Equivalent to a title) in PFL. I believe the combination of that should be enough to meet first criteria and fought many times for WSOF. WSOF was a top tier organization back in its day as many fighters have fought for titles in UFC. Mw52860 (talk) 11:53, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Commmet To pass WP:MMABIO notability guidelines, the mma fighter needs to have at least 3 fights under tier one (ufc) promotion and not only 2 - see here-1. Secondly, World Series of Fighting (WSOF) changed its name to Professional Fighters League (PLF) - see here-2 and here-3and under WP:MMATIER guidelines, WSOF/PLF is under second tier promotion and has never been a top tier promotion. Thank you. Cassiopeia^(talk) 00:12, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Copeland had only two top tier fights, both losses, so he fails to meet WP:NMMA. The source the article referenced was for Jared Rosholt, not Josh Copeland. Copeland was mentioned in that article because Rosholt had defeated him (by TKO). I have modified the article to correct his fight record and set up a link to Copeland's fight history at sherdog. There's a lack of significant independent coverage to show he meets WP:GNG and nothing indicates he meets WP:ANYBIO. Papaursa (talk) 00:22, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete does not meet the MMA inclusion criteria.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:52, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per nom and above arguments, doesn't pass WP:MMABIO. Might be a case of WP:TOOSOON, but at this point in their career, I doubt it. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 17:32, 24 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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