Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ian "The Stewart Spencer" Adams


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The result was   speedy delete. A7 Tone 21:51, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Ian "The Stewart Spencer" Adams

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Non-notable boxer; doesn't seem to pass WP:ATHLETE. --Dynaflow  babble  02:02, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete There is no  indication of any possible importance. DGG (talk) 02:29, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I am directly related to Ian Adams, I am his nephew. This is true. But, do you have any proof to say that is not true? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Welshboy'o (talk • contribs)
 * Sorry, but that is not exactly how things work around here. The verifiability policy requires people to prove information is true, rather than the other way around. Also, the nominator didn't say it was not true. He cited the WP:ATHLETE guidelines. - Mgm|(talk) 11:53, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * [edit conflict/ditto to Welshboy'o] Actually, it's the other way around. There are two Wikipedia inclusion criteria at issue here: the Notability guideline, which requires that articles assert their subjects' notability, and Verifiability, a core policy which demands that claims made in articles (including claims to notability) be backed up by cited outside sources.  In other words, it is up to the author(s) of an article to prove that their subjects are as encyclopedically significant as they claim they are.   --Dynaflow   babble  11:57, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Is there any proof this isn't true. I am the nephew of Ian Adams. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.168.186.95 (talk) 19:31, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


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