Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carolyn Lynch


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:35, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Carolyn Lynch

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Non - notable individual lacking significant significant support. References are mainly obits. red dogsix (talk) 15:27, 28 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep The Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup, and the Senior_Bowl_(bridge) are the absolute highest competitions for bridge (like the Olympics for sports. You have to win a grueling and difficult trials to represent your country. You're seeded in the trials based on performance from national competitions from the previous few years. There are another set of bridge competitions called the World Mind Sports Games but those are far less prestigious than these three). Lynch has a gold medal at this level competition. She has also won several national titles. She was not only on these teams, but was the one who put the teams together and the team always bore her name. The Lynch team was always seeded somewhere from 1-4 in the premier national events for several years. The references that are obits are only the ones that provide color on her personal life. I can link more references to NYTimes, ACBL, and WBF articles detailing her bridge accomplishments, but I am following the template for other bridge player biographies on wikipedia where we simply link each win to the page about the event and let those pages do the references. Her bridge accomplishments alone should be enough for a page but on top of that she was the president and chairperson for a $130 million charitable organization, which is far more than most bridge players have done. There are several of us (WikiProject Contract bridge) who are trying to help fill out the bridge section and Lynch is very much an important person. Bonfirenight (talk) 16:38, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 18:44, 28 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep Agree that the Senior Bowl is won at the highest international level of competitions in contract bridge. An Olympian equivalent feat worthy of notability to which is added many national titles (which in the American Contract Bridge League jurisdiction includes Canada, the USA and Mexico entrants) Newwhist (talk) 19:13, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Clearly notable as a bridge player, and the article seems to have adequate citations. JH (talk page) 20:23, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Absolutely keep. Meets more than the minimum criteria for Bridge biographies. She is a world champion! I have created more Wikipedia bridge biography pages than anyone. None of the 100+ pages I have created has been deleted. This is an absolute keeper. The minimum criteria we have been using for Bridge biographies is placing in world championship or 5+ wins in national events. Carolyn has both. On either count, she qualifies. There should not be any questions about deleting this entry. For future reference, the following page contains a minimum list of 5+ time National Champions - they all should have a Wiki page. https://github.com/njhammond/generate_bridge_wikipedia_entries/blob/master/5winners.txt  The page is not sorted. Carolyn is #46 on that list (as of today). Nicolas.hammond (talk) 21:57, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 04:42, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
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 * Not sure the appropriate etiquette, as am writing more than once. Want to address the OP's comment about 'references are mostly obits'. Go to http://db.worldbridge.org/Repository/peopleforscrappcm/person.asp?qryid=15080. This is Carolyn Lynch's World Bridge Federation Record. Click on "Playing Record Team Events". Anyone with a rank of "1" (or "2" or "3") in a "World Bridge Championships" is deserving of a Wikipedia page. Carolyn won the 2013 Senior Teams (aka D'Orsi Bowl). It's a World Championship. Questioning this achievement as 'non-notable' shows a serious lack of understanding about what is notable and what is not. It seems clear that the OP is not familiar with Bridge.Nicolas.hammond (talk) 00:08, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Please keep. Have just read guidelines again, and agree with Nicolas Hammond (see above).Shireenm (talk) 10:50, 3 December 2017 (UTC)


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