Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ken Binns


 * 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   no consensus.  MBisanz  talk 03:31, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Ken Binns
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Delete as it seems that this article has nothing about it and that their notablility is minimal. There isn't much information on this person either. Koshoes (talk) 20:03, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 15:54, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Athlete has competed at fully professional level and/or the highest ameture level of the sport. Athlete has won or placed highly in prestigous competitions in their sport. Secondary sources almost surely exist in print from 1960-70's. AfD hero (talk) 03:22, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah, but you 2 don't notice how much content there is. I made one with all the content, all the sources, all the notability, yet it still GOT DELETED! Barely any notability, and for that reason, I'm changing the tag. Koshoes (talk) 19:14, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep While it needs sourcing, the article makes multiple claims of participation at the highest level of the sport, which clearly meets the guidelines of notability on athletes. Edward321 (talk) 03:32, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * In the current atmosphere of AfD's I wouldn't be surprised if your article got wrongly deleted, but that's not a reason to take it out on this article. AfD hero (talk) 02:06, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm not. But barely any notability, no content, no links. Come on! Koshoes (talk) 07:37, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * He has a point. Weak Delete. M1N (talk) 16:41, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Keep. His achievements in top-level hardball squash, which was a major professional sport in North America in the 1960s and 70s when Binns was active, make him significant. He was runner-up at what was then the sport's most prestigious competition, the North American Open (now known as the US Open), and deleting the page would make him the only player without a wikilink at the United States Open (squash) page, which lists all finalists going back to 1954. His reaching the championship final can be verified at this webpage. Zaxem (talk) 20:31, 16 January 2009 (UTC)


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