Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irina Zvereva
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- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was delete. Doczilla Ohhhhhh, no! 02:51, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
Irina Zvereva
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Far below the notability standards of even WP:NTENNIS. Achieved nothing noteworthy during her career. Never quite reached WTA Tour level. Notability is also WP:NOTINHERITED from her son. Tvx1 06:43, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
- Note: this discussion has been included in the list of Tennis-related AfD discussions. Tvx1 06:43, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
- Note: this discussion has been included in the AfD sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Women, Germany, and Russia. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 07:40, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
- Keep Faulty reasoning by the nominator. She did reach WTA Tour level, so she does meet WP:NTENNIS. More importantly, she meets WP:GNG through . Sportsfan77777 (talk) 10:06, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
- — Note to closing admin: Sportsfan77777 (talk • contribs) is the creator of the page that is the subject of this XfD.
- No there is nothing faulty with my reasoning. She played one WTA event in doubles. ONE. A domestic soviet event where she lost her only match in an unremarkable manner. This is a far below a notable achievement. We have stepped away from performance-based notability years ago, so NTENNIS doesn’t even ascert notability. As for the WP:GNG argument, of course there are going to be some background articles written on the parents of major sports stars, especially by specialist sources, but that doesn’t make these people notable in their own right. I already dealt with that by referring to WP:NOTINHERITED. To demonstrate notability per GNG you need to prove the existence of significant secondary and independent coverage in mainstream sources of Irina herself. Tvx1 16:47, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
- I'm not disagreeing with you that WP:GNG is more important. But you say she doesn't even meet WP:NTENNIS, and that's just not true. You only need to play one WTA Tour event to meet WP:NTENNIS, and she has. No need to make stuff up. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 18:11, 14 June 2026 (UTC)
- No there is nothing faulty with my reasoning. She played one WTA event in doubles. ONE. A domestic soviet event where she lost her only match in an unremarkable manner. This is a far below a notable achievement. We have stepped away from performance-based notability years ago, so NTENNIS doesn’t even ascert notability. As for the WP:GNG argument, of course there are going to be some background articles written on the parents of major sports stars, especially by specialist sources, but that doesn’t make these people notable in their own right. I already dealt with that by referring to WP:NOTINHERITED. To demonstrate notability per GNG you need to prove the existence of significant secondary and independent coverage in mainstream sources of Irina herself. Tvx1 16:47, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, BhikhariInformer 📮 (Ping me or else I won't see it) 06:45, 20 June 2026 (UTC) - Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, BhikhariInformer 📮 (Ping me or else I won't see it) 05:58, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
- Delete She is somewhat above the level of people who play Tennis in the parks, but Wimbledon quality is far off. Yesterday, all my dreams... (talk) 09:13, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
- Delete None of the sources identified above demonstrate WP:GNG and WP:SIGCOV. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 14:41, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.