Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Yap (Taiwanese basketball player)


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The result was Keep. Michig (talk) 07:53, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

James Yap (Taiwanese basketball player)

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Fails WP:Notability (sports) and does not verify notability. – Angelo 6397   T A L K!   06:58, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep meets WP:NOLYMPICS - all Olympians are notable.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 09:46, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2015 August 8.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 17:48, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Anyone care to step up and close this, as the individual clearly meets WP:Notability (sports).  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 18:04, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 20:45, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Basketball-related deletion discussions. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 20:45, 8 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment I researched the guy and there's very little information (including his year of birth, otherwise I would have moved the page, as he was unlikely a "Taiwanese".) Whatever is on the page is I think essentially all that there can be written about him. The first link is from a Chinese-language newspaper in Atlanta, USA, written by one of his former teammates (many of these people retire in America and write their memoirs in ethnic newspapers), who mentioned that Yap has already died. Timmyshin (talk) 02:31, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep, meets the criteria of WP:NOLYMPICS, as the subject has competed in the Olympics. Egsan Bacon (talk) 03:08, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:24, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Taiwan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:24, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — ☮ JAaron95  Talk  13:18, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
 * - you did read WP:NOLYMPICS before relisting, right? Oh, you didn't.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 13:34, 15 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep per WP:NOLYMPICS. Olympic competitors are presumed notable. • Gene93k (talk) 13:49, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Olympians are generally presumed to be notable. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs ) ~ 17:47, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep as a WP:NOLYMPICS pass. Ejgreen77 (talk) 03:29, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - While the consensus for this discussion will probably result in "keep", I would like to note for the record that under WP:NOLYMPICS, participation in the Olympic Games carries a presumption, not a guarantee, that the subject is suitable for a standalone article. The introduction to WP:NSPORTS states: the meeting of any of these criteria does not mean that an article must be kept, but rather, they are "rules of thumb", and that a more in-depth investigation of the subject at AfD (which User:Timmyshin did above) may find that the subject may actually be unsuitable for a standalone article (which Timmyshin suggested that this may be a WP:PERMASTUB given lack of verifiable information). Respectfully, Mz7 (talk) 00:57, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Post-closure comment Well he apparently won a medal at the Asian Games, so that can be the start of some expansion. Hats off to the nom for wasting a month of everyone's time too.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 09:56, 22 August 2015 (UTC)


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