Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ben Ware


 * 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 delete. Absent evidence of verifiability through coverage in reliable sources of the claims in the article, such as that Ware competed in the Winter Olympics (or at a similar competitive level), I see no other outcome besides "delete" here. While it is likely that Ben Ware exists, this article is being deleted because it consists almost entirely of unverifiable information, especially as it is a biography of a living person. Mz7 (talk) 05:29, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

Ben Ware

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I think this is a hoax article. I tried fact checking a few things but with no luck. I tried some fact checks, such as Googling "Team Green Kawasaki" and it is something that exists, but I can't find a connection with them and a Ben Ware. When I google "Ben Ware" and Motocross pretty much all that comes up is the reference already cited - in which a Ben Ware places 67th out of 150 in some event in Dorset. Nothing about Winter Olympics, nothing about Maxxis, nothing about Monster Energy. As it isn't a blatant hoax, Ben Ware seems to exist (there is a Twitter account for a Ben Ware who does do motocross, see @benwareuk, but he's only posted for a bit in 2015) and there is ONE reference, plus claims of notability in his being an Olympian (two years running, which is amazingly impressive for an four-yearly event) I see no option but to take to AFD. Mabalu (talk) 14:50, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:56, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:56, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

I race motocross professionally and have competed with Ben a few times throughout the years so I can assure you that he is no hoax and a respected rider amongst the youth riders in the UK. The only detail that I could find that is potentially wrong in this article is the year that he won the British nationals as I believe it was 2014. He uses various social media accounts, mainly instagram, that you could check for further information. Kobush99 (talk) 18:48, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I've tagged it as having disputed factual accuracy, accordingly. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:59, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete not a hoax but a personal bio full of puffery. Performance in high-school sporting competitions almost never gives notability. Power~enwiki (talk) 06:03, 20 May 2017 (UTC)


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