Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cyrus hoveyda williams


 * 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 Speedy delete (CSD A7). I don't agree with the statement below "Many unsourced claims of notability ... so cannot be speedy deleted". The speedy deletion criterion A7 states "The criterion does not apply to any article that makes any credible claim of significance or importance even if the claim is not supported by a reliable source". The word credible is included precisely to exclude cases like this one. This is clearly a vanity page, with spurious and non-credible claims of significance because the first version of the article was deleted for lack of such claims. The idea that he could have been chosen for, amongst other things, the 2012 Olympic team, and yet appear nowhere on the internet except Facebook etc, is not remotely credible. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:30, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Cyrus hoveyda williams

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 * Non-notable, most Google search results are to Facebook, Linkedin and other unreliable sources.
 * Unsourced biography of a living preson.
 * Possible conflict of interest.
 * Many unsourced claims of notability like "Cyrus is reknown for being one of the greatest show-jumpers of his time.", so cannot be speedy deleted. jfd34  ( talk ) 17:14, 8 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. I can find no evidence the subject satisfies the general notability guideline; since "one of the greatest show-jumpers of his time" would easily satisfy WP:GNG, I conclude the article is likely a hoax. -- Rrburke (talk) 18:34, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable showjumper who has competed in a few competitions without managing to generate any newspaper coverage at all. Article is entirely unsourced. The article is a possible COI and a possible hoax (although at least some of the information appears to be correct). Fails WP:GNG. CodeTheorist (talk) 23:59, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 02:16, 9 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete, written in a peacock tone too  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  07:07, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete unable to find any sources for this person anywhere other than facebook/myspace/linkedin and other similar unreliable sources. His linkedin profile does confirm some of the educational information, but the only thing that indicates any sort of notability is the show-jumping career, which is clearly either fabricated or grossly exaggerated. Hut 8.5 10:38, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
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