Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yinka Faniyan
Let me start by saying fencing is a largely unpublicized sport in Nigeria, despite being quite vast in many sporting event, I have no clue on how the game is played. Now back to this article, I have tried to really dig deep concerning the subject, and what I discover is that the peak of Faniyan's career was between 2006 and 2010. This period represents a time frame where internet penetration was not as high as today so it is understandable why coverage for an unpopular sport athlethe will be low. Nevertheless, Faniyan participated in a number of international competitions like British Fencing Association http://www.britishfencing.com/uploads/files/the_sword_january_11.pdf http://www.britishfencing.com/uploads/files/october_sword.pdf, Commonwealth Fencing Championships,http://www.commonwealthfencing.org/notices/Minutes_2010Congress.pdf that make me to believe that he was arguably the number one Nigerian fencer at some point. Presently, he is not listed on the http://fie.org/fencers/individual?fencer_models_Fencer%5BNationality%5D=NGR&fencer_models_Fencer%5BLastName%5D=&fencer_models_Fencer%5BFirstName%5D=&fencer_models_Fencer%5BLicNo%5D= website of the International Fencing Federation, despite about 10 Nigerians being there meaning he is presently not active. I also went through , and the lack of sport-specific criteria for fencing makes it difficult for me to apply. As the nom stated, the lack of sources makes me want to !vote delete, but the feeling that sources should exist somewhere on the internet or in print based on above make me settle for neutral
— User:HandsomeBoy, 21:12, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:ATHLETE (Wikipedia:Notability)