Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jesús Rosendo


 * 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. \ Backslash Forwardslash / {talk} 07:31, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Jesús Rosendo

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This is a first, at least for me personally - I created the original article. Looking at the edit history, I seem to have created this article to make another one easier to read. That's a terrible reason to create an article. Now, I could G7 the article, and if an admin wants to close as delete pursuant to G7 that's fine, but I'm also looking for a very lightweight unofficial forum on WP:ATHLETE as it relates to cyclists. WP:ATHLETE states individuals are notable for "compet [ing] at the fully professional level of a sport, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming, golf or tennis." The highest level of cycling is the UCI ProTour; even though the ProTour itself has had its status diminished, the 18 ProTeams are unquestionably the most esteemed teams in the sport. Rosendo rides for a UCI Professional Continental team, which is a step below ProTeam level. I'm not sure he necessarily satisfies notability for riding for a UCI ProContinental team, and he certainly can't be considered notable for having never won a race. Nosleep break my slumber 23:30, 28 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Just a note that since there were other contributors, G7 wouldn't apply. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 01:04, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, there have been other contributors, but I think I'm "The author of the only substantial content". Other edits have been tidying. But if G7 is inapplicable, so much the better actually, because I want this discussion to go through. Nosleep  break my slumber 01:24, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong keep - UCI Professional Continental is fully professional and Rosendo has competed in fully professional races. Perhaps you could argue that a rider on a Professional Continental team who had never competed at the fully professional level was eligible for deletion under WP:ATHLETE but Rosendo has competed in the Vuelta a España which is fully professional and one of the biggest races in road bicycle racing. (Wouldn't an "unofficial forum" on how WP:ATHLETE relates to cyclists be better held at WT:BIO?) SeveroTC 10:25, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - I would say that competing in the Vuelta qualifies as competing at the highest level. And leading the king of the mountains competition for five days makes him more notable than most of the other cyclists in the Vuelta. But is this request for deletion a test case to make effects of WP:ATHLETE on the notability of cyclists clear? If so, wouldn't this discussion better be held somewhere else? If not, I would say WP:ATHLETE says that this cyclist is notable because he was in the Vuelta, so this article should not be deleted. --EdgeNavidad (talk) 10:35, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.