Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harold Fishwick

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The result was delete‎. No arguments establishing notability have been made - having served as an NCO in WWI is not grounds for inclusion. Sandstein 12:47, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Harold Fishwick

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Non-notable footballer. Played for Tranmere prior to the club joining the Football League, and appears to fail WP:SPORTBASIC. J Mo 101 (talk) 11:13, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Football and England. J Mo 101 (talk) 11:13, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 11:57, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Subject does not have any news coverage. I have also checked newspapers.com but the name is too common and it returns 131 matches. I don't have full access, but I checked some and none were about him.Mysecretgarden (talk) 19:03, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I can't remember what led to my creating a stub of this (pre-League) player. I no longer have a copy of the referenced book. I expect Fishwick's notability, if any, would be clearer when seeing why he was deemed notable enough to have his own section in the book. Can this AfD be slowed from its usual seven days whilst I re-source the book? U003F ^? 08:13, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Giant Snowman 15:56, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. Giant Snowman 15:59, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Question How much research did you do for WP:BEFORE guys? Because I am not sure, but he may have been a Corporal in the first world war and died there at the age of 25. [1], Serving in the East Lancashire Regiment. Baring in mind you are failing him on SportsCrit, fair enough, however he served in the first world war. So I'd assume you would change over to WP:BASIC for a better look. Giving this a chance you really need to review the military career also. Govvy (talk) 10:41, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see any evidence they are the same person. There is a death notice for Cpl Fishwick in the Burnley News at the British Newspaper Archive, but it says he was a weaver prior to enlistment - no mention of him of being a footballer. Searching his name with Tranmere only brings up trivial mentions in match reports. J Mo 101 (talk) 21:39, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment That's an excellent find by Govvy. While Mysecretgarden said that the name might be too common, I think Govvy is onto something because this 1891 birth would have been 25 in 1916 or 1917. Being in a Lancashire regiment also makes it likely we're talking about the same person. I think we should hold out for someone to have a gander at the book source, in case it was about Tranmere players who fought in the war. Unknown Temptation (talk) 20:29, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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