Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RJ Lewis


 * 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 of the debate was DELETE. Owen&times; &#9742;  21:22, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

RJ Lewis
Likely hoax, Google turns up nothing for "RJ Lewis" + "International Athletics Organization" or "RJ Lewis" + "Humanitarian Silver Star." CanadianCaesar 02:20, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable Olympic wanna-be. &mdash;Brim 04:26, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable, no validation of claims either. -- malo (talk)/(contribs) 05:23, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Verify - if he is really Korean champion, then I think he's got a strong candidature for a Keep vote. It may be that RJ is short for his full name.  I got tired of trying to figure this one out so at this stage I am abstaining.  I need some rest.  However, if the claims are true, its a definite keep in my books.  National champion at the age of 18 sounds notable.  I don't know if you guys remember a fellow by the name of Ian Thorpe, or perhaps Kieran Perkins.  Both of those were enormously notable for being national champions - because Australia was the best nation in the world at swimming at the time, and they had a chance of then being world champions.  Korea, of course, is one of the best at wrestling.  If its true, and he's done that much at 18, then he's notable in my books.  Zordrac 09:55, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: A 19 year old who has won a silver star from Tony Blair, as well as a championship in wrestling in South Korea, and yet strangely evades Google mentions? Let's compare the likelihood of that versus the likelihood of a vanity/fantasy article.  The burden of proof is on the author. Geogre 12:26, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * If his name is, for example "Ryan James Lewis", and that comes up with 20,000 google hits by that name, then we have verification. The word "Lewis" combined with any kind of athletics combination or olympics comes up with millions of hits.  Whilst these are dominated by Carl Lewis it is quite feasible that a "Ryan James Lewis"" or whatever his name is, is part of that.  Therefore, I don't think we can say absolutely that the claims are false. Zordrac 18:56, 29 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Comment - as a hint, the author of this page also added to this page: Andrew_L._Lewis%2C_Jr.. Common theme of "Lewis".  But Andrew L Lewis J was an American presidential candidate.  I suspect that our friend the author has a last name of Lewis and/or is related to these two.  That suggests that this might be legitimate.  Have sent a message on his talk page asking for verification. Zordrac 19:01, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Google turns up no hits for the term humanitarian silver star, which leads me to believe it's a hoax, regardless of what his real name is. --Bachrach44 20:07, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - you've convinced me, that that verifies things. Making a vote now. Zordrac 20:29, 29 November 2005 (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.