Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthias Bleyer

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The result was delete‎. Doczilla _{Ohhhhhh, no!} 08:46, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Matthias Bleyer

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Non-notable figure skater; PROD removed. Bgsu98 (Talk) 08:32, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Skating, and Germany. Bgsu98 (Talk) 08:32, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete A couple of mentions but not SIGCOV. Wikipedia.de no help either.Canary757 (talk) 12:21, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  CommentI was aware of two of the sources mentioned below when I made my original vote and I am reaffirming it.Canary757 (talk) 07:14, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I agree with @Canary757. Most sources found on Google are merely passing mentions, with nothing indicating significant coverage. The same goes with his partner Nicole Nönnig.Aona1212 (talk) 12:50, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete: Cannot find any significant coverage.
Shrug02 (talk) 22:30, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have found the article used as a reference in the Web Archive, here →→→ [1]. That's a complete biography for you.
Strong keep. (Considering that he competed more than 20 years ago and that that time's figure skating articles are impossible to find.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 03:08, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Here's something about him and his pair with Nicole Nönnig in a book: [2]. --Moscow Connection (talk) 03:11, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
One paragraph and a half here: [3]. One paragraph here: [4]. --Moscow Connection (talk) 02:00, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Like most of the participants in this discussion, I'm not finding the requisite WP:SIGCOV from multiple independent sources to meet the WP:GNG. While I am unable to view the book coverage, the two articles shown here only mention the subject in passing, which isn't near enough to establish notability. For example, the extent the subject is mentioned in the first article is the note that "The Chemnitz pair Nicole Nönnig/Matthias Bleyer came eighth and second to last. "With better performance, they would have achieved much more," said Annette Dytrt, who fell in the Salchow and Rittberger." A check elsewhere didn't reveal anything better that could help this subject meet the relevant notability guidelines. Please ping me if better sources can be uncovered. Let'srun (talk) 14:26, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The SkateToday source is by far the strongest, but the amount of detail directly on Bleyer is just not enough considering the total weakness of the other sources. The book source is a passing mention. The article claimed to be a "paragraph and a half" in fact has two sentences in a routine event recap, and the other "paragraph" source is also a couple of primary mentions in another routine recap (only the bolded parts are on Bleyer directly): Their club colleagues Nicole Nönnig/Matthias Bleyer overtook them with a better performance and finished the competition in eighth place. [...] But the German vice-champions are also still lacking stability: 20-year-old Nicole Nönnig had problems with the double Axel and only jumped the Rittberger once, while her partner, who is four years older, stumbled on the double Rittberger. [...] [Bleyer] struggled with his fitness at the end of the program. JoelleJay (talk) 19:13, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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