Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Erick Rowsell

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Non-notable junior cyclist, and the claim of winning a gold medal on Beijing is shockingly false. seicer | talk | contribs 01:56, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

• Delete with no prejudice to article being re-created by someone less reckless. Mandsford (talk) 02:07, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
• Speedy delete: seems obvious candidate for speedy deletion, as it makes no real claim to notability and is unsourced as well.--Grahame (talk) 02:22, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
• Strong delete (edit conflict) false claim of notability. Per WP:GRAPEVINE incorrect information about living people should be removed; that shortens the article to Erick Rowsell, currently 18, is a cyclist brother to Joanna Rowsell and as notability is not inherited that particular relationship is irrelevant. Additionally, "Material about living persons must be sourced very carefully" and this article offers no sources. Complete violation of the BLP policies. ~ AmeIiorate _{U T C} @ 02:24, 29 August 2008 (UTC) Per the changes made; I still move to delete, given that this person is only notable for one event, if other information comes to light then I may change my stance, but more now, delete as not-notable ~ AmeIiorate _{U T C} @ 03:10, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
• CommentKeep Hold on a second. There actually is a Erick Roswell, and he did recently win gold at the [http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2008/aug08/britishjunior08 British Men's Junior Road Racing Championships ]. I am not sure if that is notable enough for an article or not. spryde | talk 02:28, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

:I just rewrote the article using actual sources and stuff ;) I am still digging. spryde | talk 02:49, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

• Keep, Spryde's saved it.--S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 02:59, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. Not enough to satisfy WP:ATHLETE yet since he had only competed in under 18 championships so far. WP:ATHLETE requires having competed "at the highest level in amateur sports" which is not applicable to junior championships. If there was significant media coverage, one might make an exception under the general WP:BIO provisions but that does not appear to be the case here. Nsk92 (talk) 03:19, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. I edit-conflicted with Nsk92 yesterday when I was going to post a comment much like his, and I decided to think about the matter further before adding my opinion. After consideration, I still agree with his reasoning that this doesn't satisfy WP:ATHLETE. Deor (talk) 01:36, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
• Keep the subject is a Junior national champion in an Olympic sport who has had media coverage [http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/Rowsell_takes_junior_Tour_of_Wales_article_266635.html] Racklever (talk) 08:49, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
• Keep - has mentions in multiple reliable sources (cyclingnews.com, Cycling Weekly) about more than one event (British Junior champs, Tour of Wales) so would seem to just about meet general notability criteria. Severo^TC 09:39, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
• Keep - A national champion, as it says above is referred to in multiple reliable sources. He is a member of the British Cycling system which developed riders such as the Olympic medal winning Steven Burke (who is two years older), few riders get selected for this so the National Governing Body obviously though Rowsell's performances were notable.Thaf (talk) 10:34, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

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