Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/R. R. Morris

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The result was keep. Without prejudice with regard to the proposed rename. j⚛e decker ^talk 16:14, 19 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

R. R. Morris

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Possible hoax biography. No evidence that this person ever existed. Fails WP:BIO. - Mr X 00:54, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I did find one sole mention of this, although I'm not sure how accurate the website is. For someone who played for a large group for about 3-4 years in the 1930s, this website seems to be the only mention of him. I'm going to wait to see if anyone else finds anything, but so far this does look like it's a hoax since the only proof is a website that doesn't exactly scream "infallible". Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 01:25, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:41, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Rugby union-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:42, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. This Independent article mentions "Thomas is the first Welshman to be capped from Bristol since Ronnie Morris, another outside-half, in 1937." He may also be the Ronnie Morris who was lauded as one of the "able captains" in the third-to-last paragraph of this 1950 official programme, though that's not clear. He should probably be moved to Ronnie Morris (rugby) since that appears to be the name by which he is known ~~and there are no sources for the "R. R"~~. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:25, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep an internationally capped player for Wales - see [1] - and not a WP:BLP. Barney the barney barney (talk) 19:38, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:50, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this still open? He satisfied WP:NRU point #1: Wales is a "High Performance Union" country (whatever that means). Clarityfiend (talk) 09:10, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Rename to Ronnie Morris (Rugby) -- a stub, but clearly not a hoax. Rugby was not a professional sport at this period, but he represetned Wales, a country, which should be good enough. WE need to be careful not to dismiss sportsmen of earlier periods as NN, because at that period, sport had not been flooded with TV-rights money. Peterkingiron (talk) 10:23, 14 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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