Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Contestant

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. If users believe a redirect to Contest, where the term is not mentioned, is worthwhile, they are free to create one. ✗plicit 12:25, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

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Dictionary definition. Mostly just gives examples of competitions. Also, completely unreferenced. ―Jochem van Hees (talk) 09:49, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 09:52, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 09:52, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
• Redirect to Player (game) or better Gamer (see also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Player (game) I just started). Unsourced dictdef. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:04, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
• Delete; in its current form, the article is only a dictionary definition. Unfortunately Piotrus's redirects aren't appropriate as a Player isn't always a Contestant, and a Gamer is only rarely a Contestant. Contestant is always contesting/competing (that's what the word means) while a "Player" may be playing with no feeling of competitiveness, and a "Gamer" is usually someone into electronic games, and in most cases isn't contesting in any particular competition (it says so, in the Gamer article; you wouldn't call a person contesting in a Tennis championship a Gamer). The article can always be re-started if someone finds sourcing and notability, but there's nothing worth salvaging in its current state. Elemimele (talk) 11:00, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
• Delete Per WP:NOTDICTIONARY, or make into a soft Wiktionary redirect. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 11:07, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:NOTDICTIONARY. I don't think either Player (game) or Gamer are appropriate redirect targets as they're only tangentially related topics. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 13:16, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:NOTDICTIONARY - without any RS etablishing the concept, this is just a dictionary definition. Neither Player (game) nor Gamer are synonyms, so inappropriate redirects. Deathlibrarian (talk) 11:23, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
• Surely directing readers to contest is the better idea? Uncle G (talk) 10:41, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

  That's... actually a good idea yeah. ―Jochem van Hees (talk) 12:35, 11 February 2022 (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.