Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harry Taylor (swimmer)


 * 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. The notability of those who compete in the Olympics is well established. I don't think this comes anywhere near marginal, so it does not justify honoring the subjects request.  DGG ( talk ) 01:55, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Harry Taylor (swimmer)

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Per multiple good faith edits by an IP editor claiming to be the subject of this article, and based on the fact that this person is relatively unknown, certainly not a public figure, even though he technically meets the standards for inclusion in Wikipedia, I propose deletion for now, or at a very minimum, delete the history of the article that includes the personal information the editor was attempting to remove. Maher-shalal-hashbaz (talk) 12:03, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. The issues have apparently been resolved to the subject's satisfaction. As an Olympic competitor, Taylor meets the criteria of WP:ATHLETE. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:10, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment per WP:BIODELETE, just because they are notable enough for inclusion doesn't mean the article must be kept. This swimmer clearly meets the criteria of "relatively unknown, non-public figure", so when the individual himself (both as IP editor and as User:Ht1968) requests deletion, there should be something more substantial in a "keep" argument than this. I'm not convinced this has been resolved to complete satisfaction, given the relatively short time span of these edits (3 days).  Also, it would be helpful if you could include in your response whether you would support redaction of the history per WP:REVDEL. Maher-shalal-hashbaz (talk) 13:54, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I do not support redaction of edit histories except in exceptional cases. Since this is apparently just someone who is not happy with having their details online and no more sensitive reason has been given I would not support this. I would emphasise that it is not our policy to delete articles just because the subject requests it. If one does not want to be a public figure then one should not take part in a public event and deliberately put oneself in the public eye. As it stands, there is no sensitive information about this individual in the article whatsoever. To delete it makes a nonsense of the encyclopaedia, particularly since he is listed in Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:08, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete I think that if the subject of an article requests deletion and only marginally passes the notability guidelines than it should be permissible to honour the request and delete the article. While the subject here does pass WP:NOLYMPICS, that criterion is extremely broad and the subject doesn't seem to have any noteworthy achievements beyond coming 19th in an Olympic swimming event. In the circumstances deletion is reasonable. Hut 8.5 14:20, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 15:13, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 15:13, 5 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. The issue has not been resolved to my satisfaction.  I support and request deletion.  Thank you.Ht1968 (talk) 15:49, 5 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep - See WP:NSPORT. As an athlete competing at the highest level in his sport havig competed in the Olympics. He is also a former Candian record holder in the 1500 freestyle as evidenced by  and .  In fact this article shows that he set a Canadian mark in 1990 that stood until 2011. -- Whpq (talk) 21:25, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - per Whpq. Any concerns about content should be addressed by strict adherence to WP:BLP, not by deleting article. -- Escape Orbit  (Talk) 23:43, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
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