Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Hyland


 * 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 Delete.-- Hús  ö  nd  02:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Michael Hyland

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Captain of college hurling team. Does not seem to me to meet WP:BIO, but vigorously contested on talk page, so moved here. NawlinWiki 01:38, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Big  top  01:40, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Notability asserted but questionable; Quality is low: Wikipedia is not a crystal ball (prediction of awards), all written by one guy (wonder who that could be?), Non-NPOV. I am not opposed to the editor (singular) recreating this article in an NPOV fashion that cites sources or as a stub, letting others determine if the subject is notable enough to write more about - Savant45 01:53, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I didn't rewrite it but I purged it of the more egregious POV stuff. Perhaps it will be clearer now if there is really an article in there.--Dmz5 05:20, 22 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete per Savant45. Uninteresting person whose notability is questionable. Danny Lilithborne 03:20, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per above, coming close to WP:HOLE territory. MER-C 05:20, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. Perhaps someone from Ireland could take a look at this and advise whether a) hurling is a major sport in Ireland (in which case, as a prominent university athlete in a major sport, he could very well be notable - just because a sport isn't popular in North America doesn't mean it or its practitioners are non-notable), and b) whether Hyland is really an elite university athlete. After all, to 80% of the world, Paris Hilton is in WP:HOLE territory. -- Charlene 07:08, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, this is why I didn't want to !vote, I don't know if hurling is a big deal in Ireland, if Trinity College is a notable team, etc etc.--Dmz5 08:15, 22 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete Doesn't appear to have competed at the highest level in Hurling (ie GAA All Ireland competitions). Catchpole 08:51, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per Catchpole --  ßott  e   siηi  (talk) 20:45, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Pure vanity. Maddy626 09:12, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:BIO, can't find reference to him at the GAA AI site.  SkierRMH, 22:34, 23 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep I don't think it's right that it should be decided by people who don't know or understand Gaelic Games to decided whether or not Michael Hyland is notable. In Ireland, and especially in GAA circles he is certainly a notable person. He has competed in All-Ireland intervarsity championships, although not at intercounty level. As I have argued on the discussion page, the relationship between College and intercounty hurling is similar to the relationship between the NFL and College Football. That he does not appear on the GAA website is more a comment on the poor quality of the GAA website than on Hyland's notability. Now that all offensive material has been removed from the article, I hope it will be recreated on a more encyclopedic basis, and I will help. I can assure you that I am not Michael Hyland, and that it was only written by one person (me) is because it was proposed for deletion within hours of its writing, before anyone else had a chance to contribute. I take particular exception to the comment that he is uninteresting. To people who know hurling, he is an interesting and important character, and that the article appears uninteresting is due to edits. I hope the article will be kept, with a view to making wikipedia relevant to people outside North America. Conboys 00:38, 27 December 2006 (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.