Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Sherwin


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The result was   keep. -- Cirt (talk) 02:17, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Robert Sherwin

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Article written by the son of the subject. No evidence of notability. Refs are poor, mostly from his own company or from Wikipedia. Dmol (talk) 08:41, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. I un-tagged this as a speedy delete. I hesitated because he won a Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award. However, looking at Notability (sports) this is not enough to establish notability--he hasn't "participated in a major international amateur or professional competition at the highest level" or "received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject". He doesn't have any other notability assertions, so, delete. --Fang Aili talk 22:41, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep. The article needs substantial work, and it appears there is a COI issue with much of the content.  That said, Sherwin appears to satsify WP:GNG based on his having received non-trivial coverage in mainstream media.  Examples include: (1) Sherwin Receives $1,000 Scholarship, The Evening News - Apr 12, 1973; (2) Army's Sherwin Is Top Shorty, The Free Lance-Star - Mar 27, 1973; (3) Sherwin Receives Short Man Honor, Gadsden Times - Mar 28, 1973; (4) Named Recipient, The Robesonian, March 27, 1973. Cbl62 (talk) 04:44, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I've removed much of the unnecessary, unsourced and COI material. I've also added a number of additional sources to the article.  This appears to be a clear keep at this point. Cbl62 (talk) 04:23, 16 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - The Pomeroy Naismith Award makes him notable from a college basketball standpoint. Rikster2 (talk) 14:36, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per Rikster2. He was the recipient of a national award at the highest level of amateur basketball in the United States (an award presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, no less). I'll admit the creator should have been more discreet about being related to Robert Sherwin as to avoid COI, but at the end of the day the man in question satisfies GNG as well as college athlete notability criteria. Jrcla2 (talk) 15:48, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets Notability_(sports) by having won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, a major college basketball award. —Bagumba (talk) 07:54, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
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