Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brigitte Larsen


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The result was   delete. J04n(talk page) 03:59, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Brigitte Larsen

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Lack of verifiable independent evidence of notability. The article fails Wikipedia's policy of not being a means of promotion. The article subject fails the basic criteria for notability of a sportsperson. Although athletes from any sport are presumed notable if they have competed at the Summer or Winter Olympic games, the article subject is not listed as part of the U.S. Olympic Snowboarding team for 1998, despite suggestions to the contrary in the article. -   &#x0288;  u coxn \ talk 23:46, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Delete: Blatant promotion. Grammarxxx (What'd I do this time?) 00:01, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete: I feel it's more badly written than a promotion (90% is just a list) but, it is impossible to expand and even google can't find sources.  (and if google can't find it most likely no one can)   Here Ford  00:28, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete, looks like a hoax, snowboarding became an Olympic sport in 1998, not in 1988.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:45, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Perhaps. Snowboarding does not seem to be one of the sports of the 1988 Winter Olympics, even as a demonstration sport. Indeed, snowboarding competitions have happened at the Winter Olympic Games only since the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. -   &#x0288;  u coxn \ talk 20:39, 12 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete - As failing verifiability. Although the lede calls her a snowboarder, it references her winning freestyle which is a skiing discipline.  The Calgary Olympics did include freestyle as demonstration sports.  However, I can find no record of her at FIS-SKI.com which is the governing body for these sports.  If these compeition wins can be backed up with sources, then I would be persuaded to keep this article. -- Whpq (talk) 18:04, 14 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete as unverifiable and, per Whpq, presumably wrong. Huon (talk) 18:21, 14 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment - I've reviewed the pro career section a little more carefully and decided it doesn't make lick of sense. It makes the claim that she won the inaugural freestyle world cup in 1986 in Park City, Utah.  Freestyle is actually the overal term for a set of ski disciplines.  There is no actual freestyle discipline to win although the article might have meant the combined.  But in any case, the freestyle started before 1986, and there was no World Cup held anywhere in Utah during the 1986 season.  There is also a claim to winning the Giant Slalom World Championships in 1986.  A freestyle skier competing in an Alpine discipline is quite unusual.  Even more unusual is winning a World Championship in a year in which one was not held.  Continuing with her success at winning in World Championships that don't exist, she won the 1987 Freestyle World Championships in Vancouver which I would imagine occurred between the two real World Championships held in 1986 and 1989.  The only explanation is either this all a hoax, or these World Cups and Championships are not FIS events in which case nobody has taken any notice of them and as such are extremely non-notable competitions. -- Whpq (talk) 18:49, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Utah-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:36, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:36, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
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