Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cecil Smith (track and field)


 * 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 keep. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:41, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Cecil Smith (track and field)

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Fails WP:BASIC and WP:ANYBIO. Unable to locate significant secondary sources to support notability. Magnolia677 (talk) 19:38, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep: I've added more sources, but haven't had a chance to go through the 110 results for "Cecil Smith" track in the full text search of The Globe and Mail in the period of his career, or 92 results for the same search in the Toronto Star. He is in his sport's hall of fame, he has received awards from the Governor General of Canada (the representative of our head of state), has a list of accomplishments that I haven't had time to sort through, it's so long, and his time in charge includes the period where some of Canada's top track stars were developed, including former world record holder Donovan Bailey. The national athletics body in Canada called him "a true pillar and icon of the sport."
 * Of the ANYBIO criteria, this clearly meets the first (Hall of Fame, award from GG of C) and second requirements (extensive involvement). Just because Google doesn't ooze with results, doesn't mean it's not notable, it just means his accomplishments were largely in a pre-Internet era. --  Zanimum (talk) 21:11, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * First, I use Bing, and second, why would you publish the article without finishing the job first? Magnolia677 (talk) 21:15, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * No article is ever finished, so if people were prevented from publishing articles without finishing the job first this would be a nice and tidy, but empty, encyclopedia. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 21:43, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * And if they publish an article without including enough information to demonstrate its notability it gets deleted. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:52, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Perhaps Wikipedia shouldn't allow mobile editing. I created the article on my phone, at a time I didn't have access to desktop, and simply hadn't had time to return to the article to keep working on it. --  Zanimum (talk) 08:22, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. North America1000 17:36, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. North America1000 17:37, 28 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep Multiple reliable sources added and has contributed significantly to the sport of athletics in Canada. SFB 20:06, 28 December 2016 (UTC)


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