Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Haley Ishimatsu


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The result was   keep per WP:SNOW; easily meets WP:ATHLETE. PeterSymonds (talk)  00:10, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Haley Ishimatsu

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Non-Notable athlete who didn't win any medals at the Olympics. If we have an article for her, why not have articles for each and every athlete who ever competed at the Olympics? Kilmverdarkness (talk) 15:05, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Not to sink your boat, but the 2008 Olympics are still going on. She's got press coverage, and personally I think being told "you're one of the best swimmers out of the 300 million people in this country" kind of makes people notable, yes. The Notability guidelines for athletes reads "Competitors who have competed in a fully professional league, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming, golf or tennis.". Does that sound like an olympic competitor to you, because it does me. I'd also view the actions of any user who's first act is to post an AfD as highly suspicious. Ironholds 15:29, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep Don't think this fits a speedy criteria. However, plenty of good RS via Google, ditto via Google News. Townlake (talk) 18:34, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Please read WP:ATHLETE, especially the part that says "Competitors who have competed at the highest level in amateur sports". Yes, we SHOULD have an article on every athlete that competed in the Olympics!--Paul McDonald (talk) 19:11, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep Needs some work, yes, but Ishimatsu is certainly notable. On the 5th best team in the Olympics, several silver and bronze medals at both international and national competitions. I'm adding as we speak. Calebrw (talk) 21:51, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Every single competitor from every single country at every single Olympics is notable per WP:ATHLETE, and rightly so. Maybe she didn't voice one sentence of dialogue in an anime, but competing at the top level in the world is considered notable. --NellieBly (talk) 22:46, 13 August 2008 (UTC)


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