Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brendan Stote


 * 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. While not devoid of sourcing, the consensus was that such sources as exist are insufficient to show notability. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  15:01, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Brendan Stote

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Subject is a non-notable amateur, the claims of grandeur made on the page are not for major oganizations involved in his sport. Likely the author is the subject himself and that this is self promotion. DJSasso (talk) 13:12, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: I think it should be noted that the author also removed repeated attempts to tag the article with simple maintenance tags like wikify and uncat, even after I pointed out on his talk page that removing maintenance tags without performing the necessary maintenance can be considered vandalism. I actually had to pageprotect it to make him stop. Bearcat (talk) 15:46, 12 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete No reliable sources. The Rhymesmith (talk) 23:56, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:31, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak, girlieman keep - Created by a single purpose account, dollars to donuts by the subject himself. It does indeed seem that Brendan Stote is a professional powerlifter (see this here.) I had no idea there was any such thing. Is that enough to constitute this article being locked over Wikipedia's head for three seconds? Hell, I don't know.. Wikipedia burns the bios of wannabe politicians but lets any baseball player through the door who doesn't put on a cup upside down. I reckon that a professional weightlifter is more like a baseball player than a politician. Terrible article, but I'm not willing to say it can't be fixed. Carrite (talk) 06:13, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 * That isn't actually true, WP:ATHLETE has recently been replaced by WP:NSPORTS so now only the top of the top players get in for baseball for example. -DJSasso (talk) 11:43, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 *  Tenuous keep switch to delete per Bearcat The claims are sourced, and this looks notable. This desperately needs better sourcing, and I'll bet it's hard to find or just not available. I've removed the bit about the appendix. Not supported by sourcing and not related to his notability. WP:BLP Dloh  cierekim  01:32, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The claims are not reliably referenced to legitimate sources that are independent of the subject, and if you do a Google search you'll find that better sources don't exist. The web page of a non-notable organization that the subject is part of may provide verification that the subject exists, but it does not confer notability. Bearcat (talk) 17:11, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Is there a difference between "independent sources" and "sources unconnected with the subject"? Though connected to the subject, the sources are not under his control. If the information in the connected sources were in other sources, I have little doubt the subject would be considered notable. This is why my "keep" was tenuous". However, the precedent in other RFA's I've seen has been that this is too fine a hair to split. I cannot go it with just the sources at present and my sense that subject is notable or "oughta be notable". Dloh  cierekim  14:04, 22 August 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.