Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jhonmar Castillo


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The result was   delete. delete as unverifiable achievements, on the basis of Whpq's excellent check.  DGG ( talk ) 17:21, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Jhonmar Castillo

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The article claims that Castillo represented Venezuela at the 1988 Summer Olympics but I cannot find any record of him or any Venezuelan diver at that event in the official records of the Games (http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v2.pdf). He may well have appeared in various Masters diving championships subsequently but these do not confer notability on their own. Google doesn't have much record of him either except for some news articles about his new career in TV.

I think the article has been bigged up (quite a lot) to meet WP:NSPORTS, by who or why I wouldn't like to comment, although a IP editor added the Olympic "achievement" to the article Venezuela at the 1988 Summer Olympics but not to Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform. NtheP (talk) 16:16, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
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 * Strong Delete - As failing verifiability on the claim for notability as an Olympic platform diver. The Venezuela at the 1988 Summer Olympics article did not mention Castillo until an IP editor added the entry claiming Castillo finished 13th.  Interestingly, that person failed to alter Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform which lists Albin Killat as the 13th place finisher and makes no mention of Castillo as even competing.  As pointed out in the nomination, Castillo does not appear in the official results from the 1988 Olympics.  The results for the men's platform diving starts at page 583; Castillo is not listed as a competitor nor is there even a Venezuelan competitor.  A full list of competitor's in alphabetical order by surname is provided starting on page 176 and Castillo should be on page 178 but Jhonmar is not one of the Castillo's listed.  I found this article from the Windy City Times which claims he finished 13th.  But it appears the reporter did not fact-checking and took the claims at face value.  For example the article states "Castillo ultimately finished 13th of about 40 in his event" when only 26 men competed in platform.  The only other possible claim to notability is the claim to representing Venezuela in 14 international diving competitions, but no specifics are provided with which to validate against.  And given the  hokum provided about competing at the Olympics, I'd take this claim with a big block of salt. -- Whpq (talk) 18:36, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
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