Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darrin Dykes

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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. JERRY talk contribs 01:18, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Darrin Dykes

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A disputed speedy tag; to my mind, this is a completely non-notable biographic article which contains no information about the individual beyond the fact that he partly owned a professional racing team, but perhaps there is significance that I'm not seeing so I bring it to the community for a decision. Accounting4Taste:talk 00:27, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Comment for clarity: I declined the speedy nom because I felt that owning a NASCAR Busch Series team was a sufficient claim to notability to avoid WP:CSD#A7. Whether his involvement in this team and in NASCAR was sufficient to warrant an article on Wikipedia should be determined in this AFD. AecisBrievenbus 00:32, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. I understand why you didn't speedy it, but being part-owner of a team that came 98th doesn't meet WP:BIO for me. Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 16:15, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Neutral. Not using the speedy option was the correct option and I commend you. We need some more restraint on speedy deletions. I see way too many articles being speedy deleted that should go through discussion. Normally I would automatically say that any Busch Series team owner should have an article, but a lousy article on a part-owner of a team that made one race causes me to comment neutral. There isn't much worth keeping. Royalbroil 01:42, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete - Being a former "minor owner" of a team that raced for one season is not notable, no matter how well it could be written. Marontia (talk) 19:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Per User:Marontia, though it is uncommon to encounter political scientists who also own racing cars. Google for "'Darrin Dykes' Nederland" and you get 44 hits, but all that you find is that he was a runner-up in a city council race. Nothing about racing or political science. If he had drawn a lot of attention I think this would have shown up in the Google search. EdJohnston (talk) 04:15, 19 January 2008 (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.