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The result was no consensus. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 19:40, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Moni Tonga’uiha (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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In my WP:BEFORE, I found nothing that indicates this player meets WP:GNG despite playing two seasons in Major League Rugby. This includes searches under Moni Tonga’uiha, Moni Tongauiha, and Tesimoni Tongauiha (which is the only name he gets any G-News hits and arguably should be the WP:COMMONNAME based off the player profile on the team page and that it gets the most hits on searches). What does show up is a few of WP:ROUTINE game reports, typical transaction WP:NOTNEWS announcements, and nothing of significant depth that isn't WP:PRIMARY.

It has been argued in the past that because Major League Rugby is possibly "fully professional" that it meets WP:NRU, but that has recently been contested at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Rugby union#Major League Rugby and Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports)#Major League Rugby in that many of the less-than-superstar players get very minimal coverage (such as Tesimoni Tongauiha, in my analysis). Yosemiter (talk) 23:03, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 23:06, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Rugby union-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 23:06, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 23:06, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak Keep has represented US in international competition and both America's Rugby News and DJ Coil appear to be RS. Passes WP:GNG (if only just). Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 18:56, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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