Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Taylor (racing driver)


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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 03:51, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Alan Taylor (racing driver)

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Unreferenced WP:BLP of a driver who had a brief career as a backmarker in the British Touring Car Championship. I am unable to find significant coverage of this driver, although my WP:BEFORE searches were admittedly complicated by the fact that there seems to be a motoring journalist by the same name. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 08:41, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 08:41, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Motorsport-related deletion discussions. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 08:41, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 08:41, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nominator's rationale, fails WP:GNG. Very little routine coverage let alone significant coverage. 5225C (talk &bull; contributions) 09:36, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - I'm having a difficult time even verifying basic biographic info (ie his year of birth). The article says 1956, Motorsport magazine says 1965 and CRASH (which is about the most substantial coverage I could find of him anywhere) says 1966. Older print sources may exist but given his lack of success I'd say that's not likely (and no-one has yet identified any). A7V2 (talk) 23:25, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
 * The article was changed to say their date of birth is 1956 rather than 1966 in October 2017. If so that would seem to be a hoax that has stuck around unchanged for over four years. This reveals another problem with WP:BLPs of such obscure figures. Information can get changed without a source and so long as it isn't the most obvious of vandalism remain unchanged for years. Obviously other hoaxes have been far greater in scale on Wikipedia and have stuck around for far longer, but the problem persists nonetheless. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 02:13, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Extremely weak keep as they have competed in 80% of a season of a professional, nationally important championship. This easily passes WP:NMOTORSPORT in its current iteration. The fact that GNG issues exist is an indictment on the criteria of NMOTORSPORT, however. - "Ghost of  Dan Gurney"  19:06, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * NMOTORSPORT actually underwent quite a thorough revision recently which changed most criteria. Despite a consensus to implement it, it hasn't actually moved from the talk page to the policy page and now it's been archived. I will prioritise the GNG issues in this case because there's simply no coverage to write an article with. 5225C (talk &bull; contributions) 01:30, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
 * NMOTORSPORT actually underwent quite a thorough revision recently which changed most criteria. Despite a consensus to implement it, it hasn't actually moved from the talk page to the policy page and now it's been archived. I will prioritise the GNG issues in this case because there's simply no coverage to write an article with. 5225C (talk &bull; contributions) 01:30, 29 November 2021 (UTC)


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