Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darren Meade


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 06:24, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Darren Meade

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Dubious notability, very thin on sources. Another user tried to AFD but didn't finish. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 18:27, 26 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete Not even close to being notable. Nwlaw63 (talk) 20:37, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * He seems to have won the highest level of amateur bodybuilding contest in the USA in 1993, which probably qualifies him per WP:ATHLETE. Iron Man (magazine) is a reliable source for that kind of info. He is involved in some sort of business feud with A. Scott Connelly and another supplement marketer, and the wiki page has been used by both sides (by means of various SPAs) to promote their POV by adding flattering and respectively unflattering material about him which cites some sources that are hard to verify. (Connelly's page suffers the same problem). Tijfo098 (talk) 20:41, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Meade does get the kind of coverage you'd expect from that. Here's an interview with him on a BB site. Tijfo098 (talk) 20:50, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually, the IFBB/NPC North American Championships don't even have a Wikipedia page, so there's nothing to even redirect this article to. A troubled high-maintenance biography (see WP:AN) of little value, which is best deleted. Tijfo098 (talk) 22:22, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:08, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:59, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
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 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  -- -- Cirt (talk) 14:12, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment&mdash;There is a lot of conflicting information about this guy and some suggestion of defamation. It's not clear what are facts and what are fiction. Apparently he even appeared on Fox News to talk about supposed online trolling perpetrated against him. I'm not sure that we can properly build a reliable article about him. Here is his own biography.&mdash;RJH (talk) 20:11, 2 February 2011 (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.