Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bren Powers


 * 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. Spartaz Humbug! 17:20, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Bren Powers

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Non notable athlete. Has yet to compete in the highest levels of strongman competition. Millbrooky (talk) 19:05, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. I contested speedy deletion of this article as it contains a minimal claim of importance, with a reference to a local newspaper, but I can't find any evidence that the subject passes either WP:ATHLETE or the general notability guideline. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:19, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete I tagged it for SD (this reminds me of 'Who killed Cock Robin'...) as I didn't feel the standard of competition and the success therein reached was high enough under WP:ATHLETE - and I wasn't too happy about the sponsor link. I've explained my position at reasonable length to the creator after he contacted me, but nothing seems to have happened. There seems to be potential in the subject - but potential is future stuff. If he gets to the finals of the UK Strongman, there might well be a strong case. I wish him well in the next qualifiers, anyway. (Got to - he's bigger than me.....) Peridon (talk) 21:11, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm going to say userfy on this one, as the creator seems to be a well-intentioned new editor who's picked up on a toppic that isn't quite notable enough but may be in the near future (incidentally, to keep up the Cock Robin analogy, I'm the one who moved the article to the correct capitalisation...). Alzarian16 (talk) 22:37, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I won't disagree with that suggestion. Peridon (talk) 16:09, 17 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep. With the Blackpoole citation he seems notable.  Article just needs expansion.  AkankshaG (talk) 23:13, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:02, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. One piece in the local paper excepted, the coverage lacks anything that could be called a reliable source. Doesn't match up to WP:GNG. Nuttah (talk) 06:00, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Thanks to everybody who has made comments, yes I am new to this and the page was created in good faith, if somebody could point me in the correct direction as to how I can improve things in line with Wikipedia then that would be great, as mentioned above Bren has only appeared in the online version of the newspaper but has been in printed material on several occasions, Blackpool Gazette, Lancashire Evening Post etc he is a very good athlete and all we are trying to do is boost his profile and let people know they have a local strongman who needs their support. As I said if anybody can be of further assistance that would be brilliant.  Many thanks  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peter "Panda" Jones (talk • contribs) 08:26, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but that's one of the things Wikipedia is NOT for. For promoting someone, try LinkedIn and aboutus and so on. We're for recording stuff, not for making it happen. Good luck, anyway. Peridon (talk) 20:10, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * That's certainly true, but on the other hand if the guy's been covered in local papers lots of times then he mightbe notable under WP:GNG or WP:ANYBIO. Perhaps Peter could scan some of the offline articles and upload them as images so we can see if they qualify as significant coverage in reliable sources. Alzarian16 (talk) 16:28, 22 June 2010 (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.