Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jan-Dirk Nijkamp


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The result was keep. Tone 10:40, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Jan-Dirk Nijkamp

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Non-notable sprint canoer that does not meet WP:N or WP:GNG nor does the article have any references or sources with the exception of a brief sporting profile on a fringe website, let alone any significant coverage to note. Dr42 (talk) 07:16, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
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 * Keep The article could use some additional citations, but they competed in the 1992 Olympics and meet WP:NOLYMPICS. -- SamCordes talk 08:01, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete not near enough sourcing to pass GNG.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:16, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't want this to be construed as a WP:WAX argument, but wouldn't WP:DEFACTO (which I admit is not a WP:PG) apply here, where I believe it's been accepted that all Olympic athletes are notable? Here are the events that Nijkamp participated in, and each athlete listed currently has at least a stub similar to this one: K-2 500 and K-2 1000 -- SamCordes talk 21:33, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
 * JPL's opinion is in clear violation of WP:NEXIST. He attches these "votes" at a speed of 2 per minute, making them meaningless. For example, he claimed that Germany's most decorated actress should be deleted after he saw no references in the article. This is not how AfDs should work. gidonb (talk) 06:31, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. I can't agree with the suggestion that meeting WP:NOLYMPICS automatically qualifies the subject for GNG. The Olympics are only an event, just as a league or cup football match is an event. Merely taking part is not enough for GNG. There must be significant coverage in independent, reliable sources. This man does not have that. No Great Shaker (talk) 15:18, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * It isn't clear from this opinion that a thorough search for sources was conducted. gidonb (talk) 06:26, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep WP:SPORTBASIC says that "The guidelines on this page are intended to reflect the fact that sports figures are likely to meet Wikipedia's basic standards of inclusion if they have, for example, participated in a major international amateur or professional competition at the highest level (such as the Olympics)." Coverage of Olympic athletes from the Netherlands in 1992 is likely to be offline (although some is online, such as this in Trouw and this in Het Parool, and there may well be more) so we can't say that sources don't WP:NEXIST. RebeccaGreen (talk) 13:52, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Coffee //  have a ☕️ //  beans  // 15:21, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per RebeccaGreen. Hyperbolick (talk) 15:55, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep Passes WP:NOLYMPICS having competed in the 1992 Olympics, and also has at least some online sources and probably many more offline. Smartyllama (talk) 19:55, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Passes the WP:GNG as well as the professional standard, WP:NOLYMPICS. I have added just a few of more than 150 press sources that I could find. gidonb (talk) 22:22, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep While the article's coverage is not overly impressive, I suspect that there's more out there if one has access to Dutch newspaper archives. Meanwhile, I'll defer to WP:NOLYMPICS. Papaursa (talk) 04:36, 24 December 2019 (UTC)


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