Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Delisa Walton-Floyd

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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 keep. John Vandenberg 12:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Delisa Walton-Floyd

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Delete basically unsourced BLP: under WP:BIO, athletes may be notable if: "Competitors who have played or competed at the highest level in amateur sports (who meet the general criteria of secondary sources published about them)." She fulfills the first part, but not the general criteria of secondary sourcing - a one liner in a website of former record holders really doesn't suffice. Furthermore, if she's so notable how come we don't even know her birth date or even year or any other of the basics one would expect in a biography? Carlossuarez46 19:25, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Hi, thanks for nominating the article. It sure didn't contain many traces of notability. However, the name sounded familiar so I looked it up, and it turned out she competed at the World Championships - twice. Now that probably counts as "the highest level", so keep. By the way I got her birthday as well, and even something about her personal life. Punkmorten 19:59, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep With multiple sources added by Punkmorten the improved article now demonstrates notability.Cube lurker 21:25, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
  • KeepGood, reliable sources for competing at Athletics World Championships now added.Nigel Ish 21:28, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, she participated in the World Championships. Corvus cornix 22:32, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Snowball keep per the Heymann job by Punkmorten, notability clearly established now. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?) 23:40, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per all above.--JForget 02:04, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Twice a semi finalist in the 800m at the World Championships. Easily passes the notability guideline. The nominator should have checked for sources himself, and added them as they're easily found, before bringing this to AfD. It isn't a place to improve notable articles but to debate their notability. It might have been a good article for the Intensive Care Unit Nick mallory 11:50, 7 September 2007 (UTC)¨
    • Nah, just ask me to do it. Punkmorten 15:20, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - world class athlete in her day. - fchd 20:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, notability since established, complete with the required independent sources. AllynJ (talk | contribs) 20:50, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
  • This article is a keeper if there ever was one. Why not just leave achievers alone....crawl back into your tiny holes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chuckjav (talk • contribs) 22:59, 7 September 2007 (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.