Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shaun Wallace (cyclist)


 * 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. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 02:14, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Shaun Wallace (cyclist)

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 * This Shaun Wallace is referenced many times in Wikipedia,but often the links from his name take the reader to the Mastermind champion. THIS Shaun Wallace was very accomplished in his sport, earning Commonwealth games medals for England at the Games in 1982, 1994, and 1998 and was a successful professional during the 12 year gap between the first two Games listed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gbshaun (talk • contribs)
 * Keep. Being an Olympic athlete should be sufficient notability on its own.--Dmol (talk) 01:02, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: The article was a one-liner about a cyclist at the time I nominated.  Usually such articles don't survive the deletion process.  I don't mind if this is closed early, though.  NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 04:06, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. At the time of nomination (2 minutes after creation) it was a sourced, one-sentence, stub, which asserted (though not shown in the source given) that he was an Olympic athlete. It now has a second source, though I'd like to see a source to support the Olympian status. There may also be some COI/autobiography. But give the article a chance: not appropriate to bring to AfD. Pam  D  14:41, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
 * If there reliable sources, then feel free to close as a keeper. The only source I could find that says he's olympic athlete is this at sports-reference.com.  NintendoFan (Talk, Contribs) 06:23, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment I've just disambiguated links in 9 cycling articles which were pointing to lawyer/quizzer Shaun Wallace. Some lazy editors there, unless perhaps the redlinks were already there when his article was created! This SW is clearly notable, with or without the Olympics. Pam  D  15:00, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
 * And fixed another link from Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000m time trial, where he's shown as coming 16th. Pam  D  15:15, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:18, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:19, 18 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. No reason for deletion given. But this chap was an Olympic athlete and we keep all those. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:09, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2014 February 19.  — cyberbot I  Notify Online 19:58, 19 February 2014 (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.