Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joris wolters

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 of the debate was delete. Titoxd^(?!?) 05:35, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Joris wolters

Not speediable because of the assertion that he has made significant contributions to world peace. It's a shame these "significant contributions" are neither enumerated nor sources cited. There is a "Joris Wolters" who seems (per my limited Flemish!) to be a notable Belgian yachtsman; I'd have expected this to get a brief mention in this article, if this is the same person.. I can't glean enough from the Google hits on the yachtsman to turn this into article about him. Tonywalton  | Talk 17:21, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

• Speedy delete as patent nonsense or patent vanity. Aecis 17:42, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
  • I'm afraid "patent nonsense" as referred to in the speedy criterion is stuff like "adfjaf;pwehf". If it makes sense (even if it's clearly not true) then it's not nonsense. Haeleth
• Pages has been altered and shows a more complete summary of Joris Wolters, and it will be updated as his life passes by... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.82.147.58 (talk • contribs) 18:36, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete although not speedable, methinks. Vanity and no serious claim of notability. -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ | Esperanza 19:29, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete unless someone can provide verifiable proof of notability. If he's a significant sailor, it should be easy to find references in the Belgian press, right? Haeleth 20:25, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

It's easy enough to find him, but not in English; it would need a Flemish/Dutch speaker. For all I know the googles I have found say things like "this bloke came seventeenth out of eighteen in the local yachting round the park duckpond competition in Liège". He's verifiable, but not necessarily notable. There's no entry on him on the nl Wikipedia under that name, by the way. Tonywalton  | Talk 22:35, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

• Speedy delete as non-notable bio. --Carnildo 22:57, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
• To set the record straight, I, Joris Wolters came in first at a national belgian sailing regatta in Liège last year. And in the the Delta Lloyd Open Dutch Olympic Sailing regatta is was the third Belgian in Laser Radial class. In the europeans i did only made it in the bronze fleet cus of bad luck with materials. So dont degrade me to a local yacht guy. Joris Wolters
• Sam van Rijn a well-known advocate of peace was inspired by Joris "Bork" Wolters.

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