Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iceland at the 1948 Summer Olympics


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The result was Nomination Withdrawn. (non-admin closure) MrKIA11 (talk) 18:40, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Iceland at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Non-notable, even according to the info in article; basically just a statment that they DID compete, and a few info boxes. All the info can be found elsewhere on wiki. Vrefron (talk) 19:52, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep without prejudice to re-submit. This could and should be a full, robust article.  I'm willing to wait for editors to fill in the blanks on this highly notable subject.  Participation in the olympics is, in my opinion, the highest order of amatuer sports according to WP:ATHLETE.  Notability is not a question.  Content is the question, and I don't like to delete an article for lack of content.--Paul McDonald (talk) 20:05, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong keep - articles shouldn't be deleted for lack of content, and this article has the potential to be reasonable. Bart133 t c @ How's my driving? 21:24, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - seems to be no question about notability (if they competed, they're notable), just about content. HeartofaDog (talk) 00:20, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep Participating in the Olympics is obviously notable. Edward321 (talk) 01:13, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong keep Lack of content and lack of notability are very different. Why is Iceland's participation in the 1948 Olympics any less notable than that of the United States? Or less notable than at the current Olympics? It isn't, so instead of trying to delete articles for which a wealth of verifiable information obviously exists (see the 1948 Olympic report linked to from that page), why not use that time and effort to improve and expand the article? --Canley (talk) 04:06, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep as this is part of a series of articles about each competing country at each Olympics. I have started to add some actual information to the article. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:41, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment It seems to me that an article like this on a subject that took part in a larger event is not inherently notable. If there had been some controversy surrounding someone on their team, they had won any medals, or even included an athlete that was notable themselves, I'd agree with it's inclusion.  That being said, I'm obviously on the wrong end of the consesus.  If someone can withdraw this nomination or tell me how(or even better, link me the page that shows me how), I'd be happy to withdraw it. Vrefron (talk) 18:30, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * On second thought, I suppose I'd be fairly intereted if I lived in Reykjavík. Now how do I withdraw this nomination? Vrefron (talk) 18:38, 23 August 2008 (UTC)


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