Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Leyden (Golfer)


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 11:36, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Bill Leyden (Golfer)

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Non notable person –– Jezhotwells (talk) 20:44, 3 July 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:21, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Golf-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:22, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
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 * Comment: doesn't satisfy WP:MILPEOPLE, and currently is completely unreferenced. However, the professional golf aspect might be enough to establish notability if details of his golf career could be fleshed out with some sources. Having said this, I couldn't really find anything that I feel is significant coverage in reliable sources, in this search: . Thus, if nothing suitable can be found, I feel that the best course of action is to delete. AustralianRupert (talk) 08:59, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete. Despite the accounts of his battle experiences in the book Brotherhood of Heroes and other works focusing on the experiences of the "common soldier", he doesn't seem to meet our notability requirements as a military figure. He doesn't show up at all in a search for past and present pro golfers at the PGA Tour website, so notability derived from golfing seems unverifiable as well. He seems to be a guy whose eyewitness testimony has been found useful by writers recounting the war in the Pacific, but I don't think that's enough to support a biographical article. Deor (talk) 18:00, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
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