User talk:JonCheever

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Jonathan Cheever article
Please note that as an admin I declined to delete Jonathan Cheever under speedy deletion. I also added the citation from the 2011 FIS competition to verify he placed in the semifinals. However, I'm not actually sure that the subject is notable enough to have a Wikipedia article. We have a guideline, which you can read at WP:ATHLETE, which sets the minimum standard for a person to have an article based on their achievements as a sports star. I don't really deal much with athlete articles, so I'm not sure, but someone else may well nominate the article for deletion through a different process called AfD; if they do, there will be a 7 day period to discuss whether or not the subject is notable enough. So, if you know of any more reliable sources to verify Cheever's notability, please add them to the article's talk page (you generally shouldn't edit the article if you are the actual article's subject). Qwyrxian (talk) 12:40, 12 September 2011 (UTC)