Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dominic O'Brien

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. -- AllyUnion (talk) 07:13, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Dominic O'Brien
Guiness record holder (for a time) for memorizing cards. I don't see how he's any more notable than any other Guiness record holders that have been deleted, especially since the article states his title may be in dispute. --InShaneee 15:36, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete. Wikipedia is not Guinness. --FOo 17:49, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * You can't drink the wiki, for one thing. Delete. humblefool&reg; 22:18, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd be happy with an article about record holders over the years, but we don't need bios for every single one of them. That, together with his disputed status leads me to a Delete. Mgm|(talk) 21:38, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete --jag123 14:11, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Although the current article is obviously a mess, and a single (not widely known) record does not warrant an article on a person, a quick Google search yields 6,870 results.  He's written seven books (along the lines of How to Develop a Perfect Memory), and it is undisputed that he has held several prominent (in some circles) memory-related records, and apparently continues to hold some, although not the one currently cited in the article.  He makes money "coaching" businesspeople and others who wish to improve their memory.   He's appeared on Oprah and other TV shows; it is fair to say that he is one of the top memory celebrities in the world.  This could one day become an interesting article.  --LostLeviathan 02:51, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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