Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Feliks Zemdegs


 * 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. Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:42, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Feliks Zemdegs

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A malformed AfD was started by User:OdeonusIX with the following rationale: "subject is not notable enough to warrant his own page. Current record holders for speed solving should be listed under the appropriate areas in the puzzle articles." I am not taking a position at present, just tidying up. SmartSE (talk) 12:20, 2 February 2011 (UTC) http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_newsroom/20101119/od_yblog_newsroom/the-god-of-cubing
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  -- -- Cirt (talk) 14:07, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:21, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, there are very few people to ever hold so many World Records at one time. The original nominator's only edits were saying that all Rubik's Cube world record holder's article should be deleted. Sumsum2010 · T · C · Review me!  23:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, I don't see why a holder of 11 WRs isn't notable. He has also had coverage by reliable non-cubing sources such as this article. This does need to be rewritten though in my opinion. Specs112   t   c  01:26, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, I believe that this proposal should have been reverted on sight under WP:SNOWBALL. My argument for that position is a bit long for here so I put it on the talk page. Short version; we list competitors who are not world champions in sports such as competitive eating, arm wrestling, canoeing, bowling, and darts. See talk page for a list.  Guy Macon  01:51, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, Those who propose to delete Felik's page have to argue why pages for other individuals such those listed here in the discussion page are notable. Speedsolving not only requires skill and dexterity but incredible memory and intelligence, so someone who holds 11 world records has to be far more notable than probably thousands of others on wikipedia who have an individual page. I know that some dont want to take youtube into account, but if you have a look at the number of hits that Feliks gets on his channel it would suggest he is incredibly notable. And he has appeared countless times in the media such as:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/melbourne-schoolboy-a-rubiks-cube-genius/story-e6frf7kx-1225720004320

http://video.aol.ca/video-detail/rubiks-cube-kid/216172825429201913

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/2608244/Rubiks-cubers-a-breed-apart

http://stonnington-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/all-of-a-twist-up-to-persist-in-armadale/

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/rubik-s-cube-craze-sweeps-nz-1-40-2852010

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/golfers-line-up-for-bad-boys-club/story-e6frg7mf-1225893017376

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/feliks-corners-the-cube-market/story-e6frf7kx-1225894767482

http://media.smh.com.au/entertainment/red-carpet/can-you-cube-it-feliks-can-1716190.html

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/feliks-speeds-his-way-to-top-of-the-cubist-world-20100726-10smb.html

http://melbourne-leader.whereilive.com.au/lifestyle/story/multimedia-fingers-fly-at-the-national-rubiks-cube-competition/

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8141760/aussie-teen-breaks-rubiks-cube-record

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/39781/

Lembasts (talk) 03:35, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, Rubik's cubing has become very popular in recent years with many competitions held around the world. Felik's is the best with 11 world records. Many people look up to him. This page should definitely stay. unsigned comment by User:68.6.73.90 (talk


 * Keep, The guy has made his mark in the world and is already a speedcubing legend. Ellwd (talk) 10:25, 9 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.