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Frederik the Great (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Not notable. Fails WP:GNG due to lack of significant coverage and no sustained coverage. The subject is not known for any performance awards or even breeding awards. His unofficial claim to fame is "lots of hair" and an owner with a marketing push in 2016 who tried to make him an internet sensation. But he's just a one-trick pony.   ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 16:46, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Animal-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:59, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Netherlands and Arkansas. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:15, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Raphaël van Praag (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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No indication of notability for this football referee. Meanwhile, none of the sources in the article seem to provide WP:SIGCOV. JTtheOG (talk) 02:39, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football, Belgium, and Netherlands. JTtheOG (talk) 02:39, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak Keep Article for a very old historic referee, possible WP:OFFLINESOURCES. There is clearly some coverage there. Maybe more in newspaper archives, so I am employing a weak version of WP:BASIC. Govvy (talk) 08:25, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 19:11, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. GiantSnowman 19:16, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Per Govvy. – RossEvans19 (talk) 16:37, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per WP:BASIC #1. Nom and the sole deletion supporter claim that there is no indication of his notability. This assertion does not hold water. A brief article in the Graafschapbode provides both direct and indirect indications of his importance. The article explicitly states in the title and body that Van Praag was a well-known referee, listing several important matches he officiated. Furthermore, the fact that a regional newspaper in the more remote Eastern Netherlands chose to report on the death of this Jewish referee from Amsterdam, who had moved to Antwerp, Belgium, underscores his national and international significance.

Nom also claims that the sources lack SIGCOV. While there is some validity to this point, it should be noted that the article was pieced together from many sources that collectively provide sufficient coverage. Additionally, when Van Praag began his refereeing career, football did not hold the same prominence it does today, meaning that time has enhanced the notability of this international referee. Even by the end of his life, his death was already reported far and wide, as the same article was also carried by the regional newspapers Gooi- en Eemlander and Haagsche Courant and by the national Volkskrant.[1] Given that Van Praag passed away in 1934, there are absolutely no concerns regarding BLP.

Fair disclosure: Raphaël van Praag was my sixth cousin, several generations removed. gidonb (talk) 03:58, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Many more Dutch newspapers reported on Van Praag's death, often using even stronger terms to describe the fame of the Belgian football referee and official.[2] Belgium does have a press archive; however, access is more restricted. I agree with Govvy that it is likely there are many more sources, while the half-full glass should not be overlooked either. gidonb (talk) 04:41, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have also added the 2022 Het Laatste Nieuws article on the 100th anniversary of Beerschot taking the national title, which covers the bust up between Van Praag and Tuur Van Menen, which resulted in Van Menen being ejected from the team despite his scoring the winning goal (and assisting the first one). Personally I always prefer if there is at least one source can describe the subject DOING something instead of just summarising their standard CV and this anecdote falls into that category – it's the type of story one would expect from a referee (and it had an impact afterwards on both the club and the athlete's career). Cielquiparle (talk) 06:46, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you so much! HLN is the most-read newspaper in Belgium. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to look behind the paywall. gidonb (talk) 13:37, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 09:08, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

EUROAVIA (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Repost of content previously deleted and salted per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/European Association of Aerospace Students * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:45, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Education, Engineering, and Aviation. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 21:16, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Failing NORG. gidonb (talk) 04:43, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: This article has existed since 2017 and the previous AfD was in 2010. Can we get a full search for recent sources?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, asilvering (talk) 00:07, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Euroavia is an international body of aeronautics students, one of its chief aims being "to foster a spirit of co-operation among the future members of the aircraft industry".

  — Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom (1964). Flight: The Aircraft Engineer. Vol. 86. IPC Transport Press Limited. p. 311.

  Euroavia is the Association of European Aeronautical Students, founded in Aachen in 1959, to foster social, cultural and professional links between students and thus engineers in Europe.

  — "Euroavia rides again!". Aerospace. Vol. 8. Royal Aeronautical Society. 1981. p. 5.

  Maybe it is the looking for recent sources in the World Wide Web for something founded in 1959 that is the problem. I can source that introductory sentence from 2 sources, which can replace the non-independent sources used for the same in this article. There appears to be non-English sourcing that should be investigated, too. There's something of some sort in a 1959 issue of Flugwelt. I suggest checking out the old aerospace industry magazines. Uncle G (talk) 09:03, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting in hope of a more thorough source search.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Owen× ☎ 18:03, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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