Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ollie Silva

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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. Angus McLellan (Talk) 19:58, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ollie Silva

Ollie Silva (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Non-notable semi-pro driver, POV obituaryesque entry Drdisque 16:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete, non-notable driver. Budgiekiller 17:51, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep and cleanup. Needs sources but Silva received primary coverage in a STOCK CAR RACING magazine feature article from the 1970s for certain, and also in other reliable sources. I don't have the SCR issue and the mag's past content isn't online, so we need someone to find it and cite it. Silva also was headlined for winning local and regional special races in many newspapers and racing trade papers. Article needs NPOV cleanup and fleshing out, but topic can certainly be the basis for an encyclopedic article. I will try to round up sources. Barno 18:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: I identified two reliable sources that I don't possess, so I've listed them on the article's talk page. Barno 00:08, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. I rewrote the article essentially from scratch. He should be kept just on the basis of him being inducted in the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame if nothing else. I'm sure that Barno will come up with more resources. I will continue enhancing and citing the article. Royalbroil T : C 19:36, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Keep the new version. I'm glad the article went through this process to bring it up to wikistandards. -Drdisque 20:41, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Me too. He deserved much better. Sounds like we have a withdrawl of the nomination! Royalbroil T : C 22:45, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: I was hoping to setup a WikiProject for notable U.S. or North American racers like Silva who fall through cracks of the other racing WikiProjects. Barno has expressed interest. Anyone else interested should contact me. Royalbroil T : C 22:50, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep: The guy is notable enough to have multiple articles written about him in both specialist and non-specialist press. Alexj2002 10:28, 6 January 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.