Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sam Reklaw


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The result was delete.  —&#8288;Scotty Wong &#8288;— 16:57, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Sam Reklaw

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First, I moved the article to draft space, but the author has moved it back to article space. Then I tagged it with A7. The subject has one credit for a pre-production Turkish film, and, as far as I can tell, is a low-level racing car driver. Unfortunately, an editor removed the tag, so here we are. Bbb23 (talk) 13:27, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete, as noted. No significant claims of notability. Involvement in a future film, and some racing results - none of which look notable or particularly good (finished first! of two people). Note: there was a significant amount of black hat seo sites included as "references" on an earlier version of the article. Most have been removed, but there are likely more. I don't see any of the required disclaimers for the two single-purpose accounts that have been adding to the article, either. I'm sure it was just a coincidence that they stumbled into all of those paid placements. Kuru   (talk)  02:49, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails GNG. No Great Shaker (talk) 04:14, 13 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep.The subject is well known in Latin America, the UK, and Turkey
 * The article is well-referenced, written, and formatted.


 * The article sources as shown enough WP:GNG we can't judge notability based on the wins. There is a lot about Sportif pages here who never won anything.  https://news.google.com/search?q=Sam%20Reklaw&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen and most of artice who talk about him (Sam Walker) are in spanish.


 * The film is listed on the IMDB website https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14227658/


 * And I'm here I'm the user who started the article User: MrSamContributor There is nothing about (stumbled into all of those paid placements). — Note to closing admin: MrSamContributor (talk • contribs) is the creator of the page that is the subject of this XfD.
 * As someone from the UK who lives in Latin America and follows motor sport, I can say the subject is definitely not well known in either the UK or Latin America. Richard3120 (talk) 01:07, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

People need to bear in mind that his real name is Sam Walker, and that's the name he raced under, also the races were in Latin America, so they are in Spanish. This search (google colombia) brings alot of hits and his name is in alot of them, also alot of hits on google images here What an admin mentioned above "finished first! of two people" I looked at the result and he actually finished 1st of 4 people IN CLASS. but overall 3rd out of 27. Whether that can be considered "good" or not is pretty irrelevant because we have no idea know what rules and regulations that they race under. The fact still remains that he does meet WP:NMOTORSPORT because he raced in imporant national championships, and the most prestigious race in the country - 6 Hours Bogota on 3 occasions and achieved respectable results. I invite everyone to look at the foreign google links I posted above (which is new information I discovered) and then have another think. — Sumneeb (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep.Actually I think people are having a hard time judging his notability because of the different name. It looks like everyone is searching "Sam Reklaw" which on google brings up recent PR mainly to do with film and little to do with racing.
 * "The fact still remains that he does meet WP:NMOTORSPORT because he raced in imporant national championships".
 * No he didn't. The championship you claim as being the most prestigious is so unimportant it doesn't even have an article on this Wikipedia.Tvx1 22:27, 14 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete Does not meet WP:GNG nor WP:NMOTORSPORTS.Tvx1 22:27, 14 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Remark As mention the user above the subject : Sam Reklaw | Sam Walker

- Received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. - Sam Reklaw has driven in a race in a fully professional series. A fully professional series where prize money is not trivial compared to the cost of the series. - He has competed in a series or race of worldwide or national interest - Has been team principal for a team in a major racing series - Hold or have held a significant motorsports record, such as a land speed record.

Check the links and double-check. He is most qualified WP:GNG WP:NMOTORSPORT for a Wikipedia page than most of his peers that I've seen listed on the platform. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrSamContributor (talk • contribs) 19:13, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NMOTORSPORTS.4meter4 (talk) 20:22, 17 September 2021 (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.