Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard St. Denis


 * 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. No one, except the nomintator, advocates deletion. (non-admin closure) Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talk about my edits? 13:21, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Richard St. Denis

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Nominating per outcome of discussion here.

Original reason: ''This is one of ten bios created from a CNN award for "a normal person, they're doing a normal job," to quote CNN itself. Point is, this is WP:ONEEVENT and also a good example of how widespread coverage in a national publication can still occasionally not be an indication of notability. In fact, I think that this set of articles is the textbook definition of BLP1E.

Of course what these individuals are doing is great, but it can be sufficiently covered in an article about the CNN Heroes series/award. We don't need new BLPs to do that either.''

I'm nominating those that don't have coverage outside of the CNN related coverage. A few entries have additional references unrelated to the BLP1E so I am not nominating those. This particular nom only applies to this article. Shadowjams (talk) 17:58, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2011 December 19.  Snotbot   t &bull; c &raquo;  23:27, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:55, 20 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 26 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep and expand. He has been the subject of significant coverage in reliable sources over a long period of time. I believe he was notable before the CNN award. See The Gazette (1989), Rocky Mountain News (1990), Denver Post (1990), Sun Sentinel (1997), Summit Daily (2003), CNN (April 2011). Pburka (talk) 16:42, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep – Per significant coverage in reliable sources: Free Wheelchairs Give Life To Rural Mexicans, St. Denis revives Breckenridg wheelchair tennis tournament, RACING THE WORLD DISABLED SKIERS CHASE BRASS RING IN COLORADO. Northamerica1000 (talk) 19:48, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note - I think you both have listed many of the same articles. Shadowjams (talk) 20:48, 26 December 2011 (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.