Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zachary Stone


 * 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.— S Marshall  T/C 22:07, 8 October 2011 (UTC)'''

Zachary Stone

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I am nominating this article due to OTRS discussion with the subject, who shows concern about the information within the article. Myself and Fluffernutter have both worked with the subject and explained sourcing and verifiability with them. He requested the deletion. It's a procedural nomination and my nomination should not be construed as supporting or opposing it. SarahStierch (talk) 23:34, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
 * keep&mdash;i wavered quite a bit on this one, since the news coverage is quite sparse (essentially the two items cited in the article and translations of them from various wire services). also, there's no specific notability standard for either snowboarders or skiers, leaving us with WP:ATH.  given that the FIS is is the main international organisation for ski sports and stone won a silver medal at one of their international championships, i find myself having to say that he meets that notability criterion.&mdash; alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 03:08, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep: The subject is a professional athlete who has not only competed in his sport's world championships but has medalled there, and demonstrably meets the GNG - I found a number of sources with "Zach Stone" + "snowboarding" on Google News; done deal. He is not the first person to try to use OTRS to remove well-sourced, negative facts about himself, and likely won't be the last.  To quote myself from that earlier AfD, "... where [removal] involves noteworthy, verifiable incidents reported by reliable sources in an otherwise notable article, we should strenuously oppose that. BLP doesn't give public figures the right to suppress negative information about themselves."  Has Mr. Stone proffered any reason founded in Wikipedia guidelines or policies supporting deletion beyond his understandable preference that people not know he's been banned for anti-doping violations?  Ravenswing  06:37, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per Ravenswing. He appears notable and the doping issue does appear sourced so I see no issue here. -DJSasso (talk) 12:21, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 18:31, 3 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment. Haven't look too closely, but it looks like this will be kept. If it is, the article should be moved to Zach Stone per WP:COMMONNAME. Jenks24 (talk) 22:43, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * That makes sense; there are a good many more hits for Zach Stone than for Zachary Stone.  Ravenswing  23:27, 4 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - As an athlete, he easily meets inclusion as a silver medallist at an FIS World Championship. As an athlete, the information about the anti-doping violation is directly germane to the article, and is sourced to the FIS, the governing body of the sport of snowboarding; as such it is a reliable primary source. -- Whpq (talk) 15:48, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Alpha_Quadrant    (talk)    16:22, 8 October 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.